When people ask me if we could have won the war in Vietnam, I say that I was taught that the duty of a Marine is to destroy the will of the enemy to resist the authority of the United States of America.
What is certain, however, is that -- having telegraphed its willingness in principle to do so -- the United States will be hard pressed to resist demands that will make the treaty even more unacceptable to the Senate than it is at present.
The signs so far, are that the government will continue to resist giving the Brotherhood any form of legal status such as allowing them to become a political party, our correspondent says.
The Cuban government will remain wary of US demands related to a political opening or human-rights issues, and the still-influential hardline Cuba lobby in the US will continue to resist normalisation of bilateral relations (although, having won the state of Florida, Mr Obama will not be beholden to the Cuban-American community concentrated there).
Information leaked later by some of the clerics present at the meeting indicates that the delegation may have, in fact, tried to stiffen the Taliban's will to resist.
In an answer to a question, Ms. Anderson said that she and her colleagues were very sensitive to the possibility that the organization will resist a radical change to the new agencies.
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Cognitive warfare aims to paralyze the will of the enemy to resist attack, to maneuver that enemy into adopting vulnerable positions, and eventually to get him to give up in a conflict.
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Even the stronger German economy will slow sharply the government will be cutting spending and raising taxes to resist a rising budget deficit, and exports to the United States will slacken.
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Common sense and experience strongly suggest that the temptation to leverage the 2010 Schedule UTP will be too great to resist.
With "smart" technology in the ascendant, it will be hard to resist the allure of a frictionless, problem-free future.
The ultra-Orthodox Shas party is likely to resist any change to Israel's draft law, and the pro-settlements Jewish Home party will likely resist attempts to restart talks with the current Palestinian leadership.
The Portuguese had no will to resist this costly expansion of government control, so they complied with those directives, and now the Portuguese people have to import seafood and orange marmalade.
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The temptation to reach again for the top prize in politics will be hard to resist.
As for universities varying the grades students need to get on courses depending on their background - and the use of what is called "contextual data" - some already do that, but the sector will resist any attempt to bring in an across-the-board rule on it.
Part of this is a ritual appeal to the regulators, who will firmly resist any effort to block access.
Chinese analysts Peng Guangqian and Yao Youzhi, among others, have concluded that "smashing the adversary's will to resist" is now more important then defeating its military forces--a maxim that resonates across the entire asymmetric sphere.
Addressing Nato, he added: "Your planes will not be able to stop these marches of the millions, nor will the armed gangs that you support be able to resist for even a minute in the face of these marches".
At least during the new government's first three months, when it will push through its main economic measures, the opposition will be in no shape to resist, argues Jose Luis Machinea, Mr de la Rua's likely economy minister, who ran the central bank under Mr Alfonsin .
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The bargaining power of these countries will increase and they will be able to resist the Americanization of South Asian cultures, by pooling their resources to develop a huge cultural base that portrays Asian values.
But the guard will strongly resist any changes to its structure that would compromise its ability to join the regular army on overseas combat missions.
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The worry is that if Mr Byers cannot make up his mind on relatively low-key issues like milk and ice cream, how will he be able to resist the far more serious pressures that will be exerted on him over car prices and supermarkets, both currently the subject of competition inquiries?
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The world is different when it's the people you know, and I do not think we will be able to resist the forces of change when our friends are dying on screen, in front of us, and we know that we could do something but have decided not to.
Though the need for glasses will be impossible to resist in most people, reading in good light and using clear type will help reduce the strain on the eyes.
Our Chancellor of the Exchequer, who in December will resist pressure to loosen constraints on public spending (the so-called "spending envelope" will not be increased, which means that any increase in public-sector investment will be financed by cuts elsewhere), is alarmed that backstop measures to reduce America's public sector deficit are draconian - and, if implemented, would force the US (and probably Britain) back into recession.
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This is surely wishful thinking, since it assumes that politicians will resist the temptation to go on a spending spree.
It is not just accountants who hope it will resist the temptation to put too much flesh on the old law's bones.
Luckily, Australians will resist the temptation to let the result rest.
His inability to commit to the country's future will lead President Hamid Karzai to resist U.S. demands for reform.
Finally, I believe it is incumbent on this Committee and others concerned about safeguarding national security at the lowest responsible cost to resist policy initiatives that will add substantially to the defense burden we must bear.
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