Most importantly, it is at least urging, as loudly as it can given the political constraints, that the government should have some contingency plans.
To no one's surprise, Haaretz, the paper read by the country's liberal elite, has also published many editorials and columns denouncing a military strike or, at the very least, urging caution and public discussion.
The Obama administration had bet that "naming and shaming" the groups, first in industry reports and then in the Pentagon's own detailed survey of Chinese military capabilities, might prompt China's new leadership to crack down on the military's highly organized team of hackers — or at least urge them to become more subtle.
If you're not willing to stop doing business with those companies, then you can at least urge them to change their practices.
'We should have a discussion at least urging caution when we discuss some of these issues, so we don't get people to a point of going out and committing violence.'.
"I think we should have a discussion at least urging caution when we discuss some of these issues, so we don't get people to a point of going out and committing violence," Hickenlooper said, describing the rampage as "a form of terrorism".
I don't seem to have much effect when I throw shoes at the television screen during a news broadcast, but perhaps I can at least urge a few citizens to resist taking up the absurdities of language that are being thrown at us -- as if they were viable English.
Many hoped he would at least urge greater tolerance after famously saying "Who am I to judge?" regarding homosexuality.
Will they at least urge Assad to stop the bombardment in Aleppo and allow for the delivery of humanitarian aid to those desperately in need?
Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards described the video footage as "disturbing to say the least" and urged residents to remain calm.
