Sentence examples similar to motion military from inspiring English sources

His slow-motion military escalation established the strategic template that Lyndon Johnson followed so disastrously.

The opposition and civic groups have charged that the military has taken a leading role in seeking to ensure that ZANU-PF remain in power and have described events since the election as a slow-motion military coup.

The following day, the Turkish parliament passed a motion allowing military force to be used in Syria.

Mr. Obama went to the United Nations and NATO and set in motion the military campaign -- roundly criticized by the left and the right -- that toppled the Libyan dictator.

The United States and the Philippines this week set in motion joint military manoeuvres which they describe as training exercises, but could be more than that.

David Cameron is expected to bring a motion on military action in Syria to the House of Commons within weeks but the outcome could depend on how Labour MPs choose to vote.

The coalition lost the vote after Labour decided it would join with 39 Tory and Liberal Democrat rebels in rejecting the government's general motion proposing military action against Syria "if necessary".

It is true parliament did have a vote on a substantive motion about military conflict in Iraq, but this was given to the House of Commons, as an act of generosity by the government for which we almost had to be grateful at the time.

Turkish MPs are to meanwhile vote on a motion on military action against Islamic State.

The defeat comes as a potential blow to the authority of Mr Cameron, who had already watered down a government motion proposing military action, in response to Labour's demands for more evidence of President Assad's guilt.

After three days of hearing arguments from lawyers over pretrial motions, the military commission conducting the war crimes trial of David Hicks at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, postponed his trial until March 15.