Sentence examples for war objectives from inspiring English sources

In war, objectives can often be clearly defined, and so strategy is thought of as a means to a specific end.

"Conflict Management and Peace-Making in the Middle East in the Wake of the Gulf War: Objectives, Achievements, and Prospects". International Problems32, no.

And for most of the occupation, American military forces -- whose mission quickly turned to cold war objectives rather than the prevention of domestic unrest -- numbered more than 100,000 men.

However, with the US's post-Cold War objectives in the region having changed, Vang represents a historical chapter which the US and its regional allies are keen to see closed.

Jean-Pierre Filiu, professor of Middle East studies at the Paris School of International Affairs, says the bloodbath in Aleppo is a result of America's tacit endorsement of Russian war objectives, "which means liquidating any third way between the Assad regime and the jihadi groups, under the pretence of fighting those groups, whether Isis or Nusra".

Mr Luttrell: "We spend our whole lives defending this country so you tell me because we were over there doing what we were told to do was senseless and they died for nothing?" Cue up a round of sparring over whether Mr Tapper was questioning the sacrifices of soldiers or expressing a reasonable critique of US war objectives.

While the highly accurate W-88 was designed for a specific cold war objective -- knocking out missile silos -- China's nuclear program focuses on the ability to destroy cities.

The U.S. government refused a request by American Jewish leaders in 1944 to bomb the train tracks into Auschwitz, considering it a distraction from its main war objective of defeating the Nazis.

On the basis of our stated war objective -- "[W]e cannot allow Al Qaeda or other transnational extremists to once again establish sanctuaries from which they can launch attacks on our homeland or on our allies," as General Petraeus put it in his confirmation hearing at the end of June 2010 -- success in Afghanistan means increasingly little.

It seems odd that the lack of WMDs is scarcely mentioned by The Economist.Ludo MarcelisRoeselare, BelgiumNo French poodlesSIR – Whatever happened to the pre-war objective analysis in The Economist ("Can Gaullism work today?", March 29th).

He must project a strong, reassuring presence to a nervous nation and to the men and women in uniform, and explain a war's objectives and risks.