If you strike the offensive provision from this bill, then we would have almost unanimous support for this bill".
Should this bomber force prove insufficient to defeat Germany without a major land offensive, provision was made for a tactical air force of 13 light bomber groups, two photo reconnaissance groups, five fighter groups, 108 observation squadrons and 19 transport groups.
The White House counsel, Alberto Gonzales, defended the order on this Op-Ed page by denying or interpreting away its most offensive provisions.
Among its many offensive and dangerous provisions, the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2009 would force individuals to reveal the whereabouts of gays and lesbians to the police or face prosecution.
The main drama lies in whether opponents will insist on a cloture vote, requiring 60 senators, before final passage and whether they will succeed in amending the bill to eliminate or weaken provisions they find offensive.
The Geneva conventions, for example, make no distinction between offensive and defensive operations in their provisions which outlaw the killing or mistreatment of non-combatants.In practice, the court of public opinion does make a distinction.
The German Imperial Navy began its second submarine offensive in February 1916, declaring, among other provisions, that all enemy vessels in the war zone were to be destroyed without warning.
They point to a line in the nonbinding preamble about the "interrelationship" between offensive and defensive strategic arms and a provision in the treaty that bans the use of missile silos or submarine launch tubes to house missile defense interceptors.
Sure, The Man tried his best – amusingly, the same 1996 statute that Raigslist is now relying on originally had a provision banning the dissemination of offensive material to under-18s via the internet.
Liberals and moderates, who have often used coded words themselves to serve their legislative objectives, were so eager to get money for urban schools that they have now acceded to provisions and slogans they found offensive.
The German Defense Minister has recognized this issue, launching an "Attraktivitätsoffensive," or charm offensive, to draw a new generation to the German military through provisions that allow more telework, flexible hours, and extended child care [18].
