He has relied on diplomatic and political solutions, applying military might sparingly, strategically and powerfully.
In short, he was coming across as more aware of the limits of Israel's military might.
Matching this military might, runs the argument, is an unrivalled degree of economic power.
National interest, diplomatic leadership and the projection of military might are what matter.
America is special for reasons more fundamental than its economic and military might.
In the end neither British military might nor Irish Republican insurgency was victorious.
Certainly, the ties go well beyond the supplying of military might on one side and raw materials on the other.
The United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and the Roman Empire all prove that economic and military might is temporal, not eternal.
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Last week, Lady Thatcher issued a no less urgent warning about the abiding need for American military might and international leadership.
Nowadays, even Turkey's chief of the general staff, Ilker Basbug, admits that military might alone will not fix Turkey's Kurdish problem.
But setting aside war-fighting and the projection of military might, the current criticism is strongest in the areas of economics and financial policy.
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And he knew that, to succeed, such cooperation had to rest on some shared notions of justice and legality, not just military might.
Such comments, taken with Mr. Putin's revelation last month and Russia's growing military might on Georgian territory, would be worrying enough on their own.
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But that strength is not just defined by our military might.
Europe can be, if not equal to America's military might, a valuable partner in America's quest to maintain stability in the world, according to the paper.
Mr Bush and his officials again stressed that any state harbouring terrorists would face what Vice-President Dick Cheney called the "full wrath" of American military might.
Even if decline in relative power is inevitable, it has such economic influence and military might that it will look and feel strong for decades to come.
McCain said any military aid should not include U.S. ground forces, but should include military might from allies of the United States, such as European and Arab countries.
But if the political elite fail to agree on who should be Indonesia's next leader, and do so peacefully, then the military might just end up deciding for them.
War in Kosovo has sharpened these, bringing home to Europeans their reliance on the Americans for diplomatic and military might in their own backyard, and the drawbacks of that dependence.
One analyst told the BBC the military might ultimately wish to equip soldiers with a range of these pencils to provide a portable test kit for a range of harmful gases.
Recently, the head of that 1991 putsch, retired general Sunthorn Kongsompong, remarked that if the PM were someone other than former army chief Chavalit, the military might have seized power by now.
It also serves as a daily reminder of Mr Hussein's impotence in the face of America's military might, and of the risks that his soldiers are taking in remaining loyal to him.
" In fact, she later stated that China's burgeoning military might was not a threat but that, "what is important is for China's military power to be put to the service of peace.
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In his speech, McCain said any military aid should not include U.S. ground forces, but should include other military might from the United States and its allies, such as European and other Arab countries.
Seventy years ago, Winston Churchill repeatedly took to the floor of the House of Commons to warn his nation against the growing menace posed by the steady accretion of military might by Nazi Germany.
And we can't count on military might alone.
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Mr Schama's list is the list of exceptionalisms that most people would probably draw up when contemplating this vast and extraordinary continent: its military might, its religious fervour, its immigration-shaped ethnic variety, its staggering abundance.
Moreover, success in Africa could help the Ministry of Defence's cause in its perpetual skirmishes with the Treasury over the cost of the ships and aircraft needed to wield military might in distant war zones.
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