To continue military operations in Iraq, Syria and other Middle East countries, Congress would have had to debate the merits of a new conflict and vote on a new military force authorization.
Apart from a few brief lectures on the relative merits of unity (good) and conflict (bad), the story skirts past lulls and doldrums, unveils a sprightly new heroine named Jaylah (Sofia Boutella), and lays out the set pieces, in Kirk's words, "the old-fashioned way".
In the decade since, the Pentagon has shifted significantly toward recognizing the merits of focusing on the roots of conflict and not only on mounting a strong response once conflict threatens American interests.
They are also examining the causes of conflict, the relative merits of cooperation and competition, and the place of trust in positive interpersonal relationships.
A small selection of problems raised by protesters included: genetically-modified foods, income inequality, military spending, cyber security, media conglomerates, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the merits of the Electoral College, vaccines and whether they cause autism, and corporate data breaches.
In an entertainment industry town like Los Angeles, this is a topic with which it isn't productive to debate the merits of various research studies with conflicting conclusions.
With regard to the Kosovo conflict, even the merits of intervening were open to question.
Above all, Americans cannot understand why some Europeans dignify terrorism as legitimate "resistance" to an occupation which, but for Palestinian intransigence, Israel's previous government would have ended anyway.You do not have to resolve the merits of these two views of the conflict to see the danger that this cross-Atlantic incomprehension poses to the post-September coalition.
In case of conflicting opinions about the merits of a study and the meaning of the results, members involved with a specific project will be excluded from making the final decision.
Such a flagrant violation of conflict of interest and First Amendment, as to merit a schooling on the Constitutionality, by non other than, Norman Siegel and Ron Kuby.
