That stance was echoed by Hezbollah, which has sought to avoid all-out war in Lebanon.
The risk is that, come 2014, the desperation to avoid all-out civil war is so strong that human rights appear an easy sacrifice.
States have a host of international commitments and aspirations that create an incentive to avoid all-out warfare and to avoid undermining the rules of war, while a single-purpose terrorist organization may operate without mitigation.
As a result of the huffing and puffing -- as well as threats of congressional intervention -- the B.C.S. agreed to meet with its non-B.C.S. cousins here yesterday to arrive at some solution to avoid all-out war.
As my colleague Denis Campbell reports, the heads of 14 royal colleges of medicine have made an 11th-hour plea to David Cameron to start fresh talks to avoid all-out junior doctors strikes this week.
But there were two concerns to wish away: that Ted Cruz, or another unhinged Senator, would use parliamentary moves to delay a vote until it was too late to avoid all-out default, and that House Republicans would just scream and say never.
The best hope to avoid all-out conflict between the competing factions is for the rebels to allow Congress – which is at least elected – to govern until the summer, when elections may produce a new, more representative assembly, and to urge all sides to guarantee the electoral process.
Summarizing the situation in the Atlantic, Mark Bowden breaks down military options into either the complete devastation of Pyongyang or a "turn the screws" approach to hit selected reactors or nuclear test sites – attacks designed somehow to avoid all-out war.
In a bid to avoid all-out legal action, the FCC held negotiations to come to a consensus on how to treat internet traffic.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki could easily be dumped, but he is likely to be replaced by another weak placeholder to avoid all-out conflict between Sadr and SCIRI, who wield the real power.
Gerry, seeking to avoid all-out war, remained for several months after the other two commissioners left.
