Sentence examples for provoking war from inspiring English sources

Mr Vajpayee will continue to respond with shows of strength that attract votes but stop short of provoking war.

Khomeini himself believed that the mahdi's advent could be hastened — but by social justice, not by provoking war.

The Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, accused the Palestinian leader of provoking war by pursuing "the path of terrorism".

Most Serb analysts agree that secession would be politically disastrous, potentially provoking war and further isolating the Serbs internationally.

Without provoking war with Pakistan, the Americans are also going to have go after the Haqqanis whenever and wherever they can.

U.S. officials say this amounts to vindication of a years-long policy of increasing pressure, including through clandestine operations, on Iran's clerical rulers without provoking war.

Thus, he provoked war against Charles and King Philip II of Spain.

Lincoln's primary aim was neither to provoke war nor to maintain peace.

In the past, these sorts of tectonic geopolitical shifts and the uncertainty they create might well have provoked war.

At a press conference, President Putin told reporters that his decision to send troops into Crimea would not provoke war.

Most obviously, the jihadists' spectacular did not provoke war between two nuclear-armed powers, India and Pakistan, as some had feared at the time.