Sentence examples similar to productive war from inspiring English sources

Instead, Metternich chose to fight an overwhelmingly fruitless (and potentially counter-productive) war against the forces of liberalism and nationalism.

The Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy, led by former presidents of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, has declared its outright opposition to a "misguided and counter-productive war".

Our sense of lost safety and general community security that existed in our country until we began this, ineffective, counter-productive war on drugs rages on like a cyclic perpetual motion machine that we can't find the stop button for.

Frankly, I'm not sure how productive this war is going to be, and Cate and I were keen to find SOLUTIONS to this issue, not just more mud-throwing.

There are indeed better, wiser, more productive ways than war.

But the military commissions the Bush administration has set up to try al-Qaeda suspects are still wrong illiberal, unjust and likely to be counter-productive for the war against terrorism.In this section Unjust, unwise, unAmerican Rebellion Wounded and at bay Re-orientation needed Artificial intelligence?

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Mr Bush described the meeting, aimed at stemming Iraq's burgeoning civil war, as productive, and gave assurances that America was not trying to find a "graceful exit".

The Journal also notes that the increase in leisure time brought on by the recession hasn't resulted, as one might think, in Americans finally getting around to all the productive things (like tackling "War and Peace") they hadn't had time for before, but in more television-viewing: an average of two hours and thirty-one minutes per weekday.

"I hope that Afghanistan and Pakistan will find a way to root out terrorists and I hope that the US will engage in a realistic truly productive manner in the war on terror if that's what they are here for," he said, keeping open the possibility there could still be progress.

If we are going to double exports in the next five years, as President Obama has pledged, we will need to divert some of the resources poured down the black hole of war to productive civilian industry.