Sentence examples for use of armed force from inspiring English sources

I don't want this, but the use of armed force is there as a last resort".

Importantly, though, both candidates have rejected the use of armed force to defend Serbia's territorial integrity.

He also said that there was "no unanimity within NATO for the use of armed force".

"We've seen reports that the use of armed force is causing civilian casualties, and we oppose the wanton use of armed force leading to more civilian casualties," she said.

The Bush administration was not particularly bothered about UN charter restrictions on the use of armed force.

Israeli officials have said that the use of armed force began when its boarding party was attacked.

Security Council resolutions have authorized the use of armed forces led by US-led coalitions, rather than under the command of the UN.

Mr. Bush said he would authorize the use of armed forces when it is the "nation's strategic interests".

"It should be solved through political measures, not with the pressure... of an economic blockade or the use of armed forces," said Mr Putin.

"Only through dialogue, through democratic procedures and not with the use of armed forces, tanks and planes can order be imposed in the country," Putin said at the start of a major nationwide phone-in broadcast on Russian television.

"We're talking exclusively about operations of Russia's Air Force, as our president has already said, the use of armed forces on the ground theatre of military operations is excluded," Mr Putin's chief of staff Sergei Ivanov said in remarks broadcast on Russian television on Wednesday.