Sentence examples for prepare for confrontation from inspiring English sources

That said, the Egyptians recently told Special Envoy Ross they expect our outreach to Iran to fail, and that "we should prepare for confrontation through isolation".

A May 2009 cable before Mr. Mubarak's first visit to the Obama White House noted that Egyptian officials told a visiting American diplomat, Dennis B. Ross, that "we should prepare for confrontation through isolation".

Some protestors arrived at Tuesday's event prepared for confrontation.

"We knew what to expect and made sure the players were prepared for confrontation all over the park.

We must be prepared for confrontation with Karzai on this issue, he said, or risk losing credibility among our own population if we go along with a rigged election.

In a frank discussion, Canadian Ambassador Crosbie explained to Ambassador Eikenberry that getting the electoral process right is a bottom-line position for Canada, and said we must be prepared for confrontation with Karzai on this issue, or risk losing credibility among our own population if we go along with a rigged election.

And the two sides prepared for confrontation on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada.

Amer reassured him that the army was prepared for confrontation, but Nasser doubted Amer's assessment of the military's readiness.

"I feel that he is expecting and prepared for confrontations with any law enforcement officer that may come in contact with him," Sheriff Kelly wrote in his warning to officers.

But they emphasized that this did not reflect any guidance from the civilian leadership to prepare for military confrontation.

Kharkiv's ragged self-defense units prepare for Russian confrontation.