The Philippines' armed forces, long accustomed to relying on America to defend their country against external threats, never managed to expand their role.
And I know that Israeli leaders also know all too well the costs and consequences of war, even as they recognize their obligation to defend their country.
Is it possible that the Iranians are, as Steyn alleges, a bunch of death-hungry lunatics who will, should they ever actually acquire them, use nuclear weapons not merely to defend their country from outside intervention but to precipitate a nuclear holocaust?
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"Fitna" ends with a call for Muslims to expunge Koranic verses commanding them to conduct jihad from their belief system, and with a call for Dutchmen to defend their country, their culture and their civilization from the rising current of Islam in Europe.
Later, the Georgians said they were withdrawing 1, 000 troops from Iraq to help defend their country.
He urged the Iraqis to defend their religion, country and holy sites, said that the aggression is a personal vendetta and an evil on a sacred land, and called on people not to squander private property during the war.
It was widely believed that the public opprobrium forced the IDF's senior ranks to recognize that their duty is to defend the country, and to defeat the enemy, not to behave like politicians.
Our youngsters, in time of need, are always willing to stand up and defend their country.
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We have a strong army, we have a lot of our people who are supporting the government, who are uniting their ranks to defend the country.
They called on the faithful to assemble at Sadrist offices throughout the country, to be bused into Najaf to defend their leader, and demand the immediate withdrawal of American troops from the holy city.
And rather than asking for more furloughs, asking agents who are sworn to defend the lives of their protectees in service of their country, and asking for more pay cuts, they made the decision that they could not staff these tours, which are very labor-intensive for obvious reasons.
But McGeechan has been extremely limited by resources, and it was with this in mind that the Scottish Rugby Union said this week it would defend the right for players to qualify for a given country through their grandparents.
These incidents have done more than the decades of screeching by Japanese militarists with their loud-speaker vans to nudge the country into taking tougher measures to defend itself.
President GEORGE W. BUSH: We support the Lebanese people's desire to live in peace, and we support their efforts to defend their democracy against attempts by Syria, Iran and allies to foment instability and violence in that important country.
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