Sentence examples similar to long-term combat from inspiring English sources

History has shown that anytime we engage in long term combat overseas, our economy suffers and usually a recession results.

So when White House press secretary Josh Earnest was asked to explain why Obama had gone back on his 2013 promise to not put "boots on the ground" in Syria, Earnest was forced to redefine the phrase to mean "large-scale, long-term ground combat operations in either Syria or Iraq".

Earnest said the president's goal hasn't necessarily been to avoid putting any troops on the ground, but to prevent the U.S. from engaging in "a large-scale, long-term ground combat operation" akin to what President George W. Bush did in Iraq in 2003.

The other tries to set up long-term mechanisms to combat climate change.

California has for decades used long-term segregation to combat gang violence in its prisons -- a model also used by states like Arizona with significant gang problems.

The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers Powers' anecdotally-based story of a tour of duty in Iraq and its psychological aftershock is the standout from a number of entries dealing with the Gulf wars, and won much acclaim for its articulation of the long-term effects of combat stress.

"Aldi has consistently said: 'We don't have too many brands, they are private labels, but this is our offering and we make sure they are of decent quality and at a good price', while there's nothing to differentiate Woolworths and Coles, and Woolworths doesn't appear to have a clear long-term strategy to combat this".

Meanwhile, in a new proposal designed to break the deadlock on climate change, Sweden, which is leading the talks, said any fast-track and long-term contribution to combat global warming in the developing world should take account of budget constraints in less prosperous E.U. member states like those in Central and Eastern Europe.