Rights groups have repeatedly called for Thailand's government to hold the powerful army accountable for its part in the violence.
It is also common for powerful armies to decry their weaker opponents as terrorists — this is how the Wehrmacht described European partisans during World War II.
It has been one of the few European countries that has maintained and deployed a powerful army, often for broader global purposes.
For all the constitutional restrictions and historical sentiments, Japan has built its self-defense forces into one of the most powerful armies in Asia.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistanan's powerful army chief called Thursday for U.S. military aid to be converted to civilian assistance, an unusual move that reflected growing domestic criticism of the nation's armed forces.
Mr Sharif, who insists he will not quit, has met the country's powerful army chief, Gen Raheel Sharif, for talks on the crisis.
Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, along with the interim government, the official media and Egypt's powerful army have been acting for months as though this election was a formality with victory for him inevitable.
The song even makes fun of the powerful army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, for extending his role for another three years.
A determined though moderate advocate of strategic air power, Andrews is credited with development of the Boeing B-17 bomber; his command became the model for the powerful army air forces of World War II.
In August 1978, ultimately unable to secure the political victory of the Argentine navy over the more numerous and powerful army and win the presidency for himself alone, he was forced into retirement.
