He also doesn't like the Nuclear Posture Statement, because it's not as belligerent as it could be, and where would America be without empty belligerence.
(from "The Conundrum of Iran: Strengthening Moderates without Acquiescing to Belligerence," in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, July 2008).
(from "The Conundrum of Iran: Strengthening Moderates Without Acquiescing to Belligerence," in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, July 2008) Carries as baggage: As a senior adviser to Mr. Tenet in 2002, Mr. Brennan was present at the creation of the C.I.A.'s controversial detention and interrogation program, which Mr. Obama has strongly criticized.
In 1923 the Great Kanto Earthquake helped set in motion a political crisis that ultimately led to militarism and the second world war.Planning and moneySince the March disaster two overarching challenges have emerged that could, if tackled, have similarly far-reaching consequences (though without, one hopes, the belligerence).
Israel reacts strongly on settlements and taxes not out of "belligerence," as you put it, but out of a need to impress upon Mr. Abbas that he cannot continue his anti-Israel, anti-peace behavior without paying a price.
It goes without saying that we parents should love our children unconditionally, but the implication here is that the slightest gesture of sweetness trumps a day's worth of belligerence.
Will Frank's tendency towards belligerence get the better of him and plunge the world into war, or can he beat the Russian without him even knowing it like he did Walker?
It's just a fable.… She has chosen a nameless little village to show, in microcosm, how the forces of belligerence, persecution, and vindictiveness are, in mankind, endless and traditional and that their targets are chosen without reason".
Defence turned to belligerence – and torture.
He was no stranger to belligerence.
personality change or strange behavior such as belligerence or silliness.
