"They are weapons of aggression, of surprise, and of terror".
In the moment however, how do we hold the pain that comes from the knowledge that a person, or a pair, would take up weapons in aggression against their peers?
Gentleness as a weapon against aggression works best if there's iron behind it, and Mr. Goode supplies that too.
"I think of survivalists as being an extreme case of preparedness," said Ms. Vontourne, 44, "people who stockpile guns and weapons, anticipating extreme aggression.
Citing a 1996 agreement under which Israel and Hezbollah agreed not to fire at civilian targets or to use civilians to shield their attacks, the Lebanese leader said the United States had a special responsibility to restrain Israeli attacks on nonmilitary targets, "as Israel uses American weapons in its aggression against civilian targets in Lebanon".
Ronald Reagan -- the hardest of military hard-liners -- was not at all impressed by airy claims that U.S. nuclear weapons prevented Soviet aggression.
As a young woman, a habitué of a coffee bar of lost souls, her Bernadette seems to carry a shield of fire that is a weapon of both aggression and defense.
The flexibility of the Harrier led to a long-term heavy deployment in West Germany as a conventional deterrent and potential strike weapon against Soviet aggression; from camouflaged rough bases the Harrier was expected to launch attacks on advancing armour columns from East Germany.
Nothing better symbolizes the subsequent decline of Russian-American relations than the recent announcement that Russian military strategists had approved use of nuclear weapons "to repel armed aggression" -- which some see as a threatening expansion of Russian nuclear doctrines.
But for much of the program Mr. Obama stood before a presidential desk as he laid out his tax plans, health care plans and his approach to world affairs, saying that, as commander in chief, "I'll renew the tough, direct diplomacy that can prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and curb Russian aggression".
