Sentence examples for military backbone from inspiring English sources
Protecting the Free World, Kagan thinks, will require a stiffer military backbone.
With protesters and opposition parties demanding Mubarak's immediate departure, he is showing his instinctive reliance on the military, backbone of the Egyptian regime since Gamal Abdel Nasser and his fellow "free officers" overthrew the monarchy in the 1952 revolution.
Turkish-speaking slaves, who had become the military backbone of most Islamic states, were highly prized, and eventually Baybars came into the possession of Sultan al-Ṣāliḥ Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb of the Ayyūbid dynasty of Egypt.
The ties with the Afghans carried into the post-Soviet period in Afghanistan, with top ISI officers adopting pro-Islamic and anti-American views, and continuing to support some of the most militant guerrilla commanders when they formed the military backbone of the Taliban.
"It was these fighters from the Chad/Sudan/CAR borderlands who became the military backbone of the Seleka rebel coalition.
North Korea's military, the backbone of Mr. Kim's dynastic rule, has traditionally used the date to swear its loyalty to the Kim family and vent its anti-American vitriol.
After the death of Kim Jong-il in December, Vice Marshal Ri was seen as a central figure in helping Kim Jong-un consolidate his authority over the military, the backbone of political power in the North.
Ms. Ko raised her status, and the fortune of her sons, by accompanying Mr. Kim on his "guidance tours" of the military, the loyal backbone of his rule.
Britain has been America's most reliable military ally and a backbone of NATO.
But the Pentagon is wary of any measure changing the chain of command, the backbone of military discipline and effectiveness, and Gillibrand's effort was defeated in June.
The next test is little more than two weeks from now, in South Carolina, where Mr. McCain has been building a network of retired military officers as the backbone of his operation but still trails Mr. Bush in some polls by 20 points.
