Voters have an opportunity to give historians something uplifting to cheer about: A country whose people revolted against corruption and greed, fought for the principle of representative government, kept their democracy from becoming a plutocracy, and overthrew their Congress to prevent an egregious and premeditated crime on global scale.
Even after Japan was utterly devastated by American conventional and atomic attacks in August 1945, middle-level officers tried to overthrow Hirohito in order to prevent a surrender proclamation.
Before the war, the Administration argued that the overthrow of the Baath regime would prevent a marriage of Al Qaeda terrorists to Saddam's chemical and biological weapons.
The democrats overthrew the Thirty in 403; to prevent a bloodbath of recriminations, they passed an amnesty law regarding crimes committed during that time.
Moscow still feels duped into supporting the United Nations resolution that led to the overthrow of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya, and is determined to prevent a replay.
Moscow still feels deceived into supporting the United Nations resolution that led to the overthrow of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya and is determined to prevent a recurrence in Syria.
The 1987 constitution, which was drafted just after the overthrow of the 20-year dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, includes checks and balances galore to prevent a return to strongman rule.
In this work she agreed with Lenin in advocating the overthrow of the existing regime and the formation of a new International strong enough to prevent a renewed outbreak of mass slaughter.
The new Anti-Maidan movement, whose stated goal is to prevent a repeat of the Maidan protests in Kiev during which Kremlin-backed Viktor Yanukovych was ousted, has relentlessly depicted members of the opposition as traitors plotting to overthrow the government.
