"If we project weakness, they come.
They project weakness and innocence, yet they also possess almost terrifying powers.
You see, if we project weakness abroad, our adversaries are that much more willing to test us, to question our resolve, and our allies are more hesitant to trust us.Is Mr Ryan really saying that the rage of flag-burning mobs is triggered by American weakness?
"If you come and say, 'we can't attack Iran, it's impossible,' you project weakness to the Iranians and make it look like you don't have the courage to do it, and that they can do whatever they want.
There is nothing that would project weakness and undermine U.S. credibility more than to plunge the United States into another hopeless civil war simply because the president used the phrase "red line" in a press conference about the Syrian's regime's potential use of chemical weapons.
Having critiqued religion in Nuptials, Camus is self-consciously exploring the starting points, projects, weaknesses, illusions, and political temptations of a post-religious universe.
It projects weakness, and when we look weak, our adversaries are much more willing to test us, they're more brazen in their attacks, and our allies are less willing to -- VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN: With all due respect, that's a bunch of malarkey.
The fear of projecting "weakness" is an inhibitive one.
"In this context, we are concerned by the projected weakness in domestic demand in Europe and Japan".
