And many Republicans, from Newt Gingrich to John McCain, have argued that pressing charges against government officials would threaten morale and inhibit risk-taking at a time when the agency faces wars on two fronts and a continuing threat from Al Qaeda.
The foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, who has the manner and bearing of a particularly terrifying headmistress, accused the Tories of opportunism.To hold an inquiry now, she said, would threaten the morale of British troops in southern Iraq and distract the government from its efforts to help the Iraqis achieve a stable democracy.
The Will - One of the freelance bounty hunters hired by the Wreath High Command to kill Marko and Alana and bring back Hazel alive, not only for Marko's betrayal, but also to prevent news of Alana and Marko's coupling from spreading, thus threatening troop morale.
It's the same argument that eventually lost in the battle over "Don't Ask Don't Tell," in which gay service was said to threaten unit morale: Letting gays into the sandbox will drive others away, so even if we grown-ups aren't anti-gay (a big "if"), we simply can't force equality onto the whole playground without risking chaos.
But the splits with formerly friendly social organisations threaten Mr Morales' chances of retaining his two-thirds majority in congress.
Rep. Tammy Duckworth (IL), a veteran, and member of the full committee, is expected to offer an amendment to strike the onerous provision, which threatens unit preparedness, unit morale and the well-being of the nation's defenders themselves.
Relief came at long last, late Thursday evening, with a suffocating defensive stand and a mighty exhale as the Heat closed out a 94-88 victoverover the Los Angeles Lakers and ended a five-game losing streak that threatened Miami's morale.
But between 1997 and 2003 both unemployment and sickness absence increased in Sweden to levels allegedly threatening the working morale of the population and eventually the foundation of the welfare state [ 3].
Mr. Lopez believes that Father Powis's critical stance threatens those gains by undermining local morale.
Before the balloting Mr Morales threatened not to co-operate with opposition mayors and governors, a tactic that may have backfired.He pinned the blame for the MAS's poor performance on corruption at regional and local governments and, oddly, on machismo (the victorious opposition candidate to be mayor of El Alto was a woman).
