The evidence thus far leads to the conclusion that this was a war of choice and not a war of necessity.
"He spoke in terms no American president has done before, " Aslan said, citing Obama's description of the invasion of Iraq as a war of choice, and the word "occupation" in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Contrary to Mr Bush's assertions, the war was one of choice, not necessity.
Johnson's strategy was a war of attrition, a disastrous choice for a democracy.
But as Americans increasingly approve of the war, it becomes less of an important issue in their choice for president: Now, only 13 percent of registered voters said it was most important to their vote, compared with the 56 percent who named the country's economic woes as their chief concern.
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In America, the channel's gung-ho news values, and its backing of the war on terror, has made it the most popular cable news network and the channel of choice at the Pentagon.
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But the rugged IIIf remained the photojournalist's camera of choice during the turbulent post-war years until it was replaced in 1957 by the ultimate range-finder, the Leica IIIg.
"Those of us who are against the war really have no choice if we were to vote down this conference report and give the president what he wants, " McGovern said.
This choice symbolizes an attitudinal challenge to war as a normal function of statecraft.
The exigencies of war with Britain, and survival in an unconquered frontier, gave them little choice.
The chief of naval operations says stocks of precision- guided munitions -- the wonder-weapon of choice in Kosovo and Iraq -- are "below the current war fighting requirement, " which poses a "major risk" to U.S. forces.
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This combination of factors leaves us no choice but to get far more serious about this war than we have been to date.
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Both nations have a choice to avoid a return to war, Obama said in a videotape message to citizens of both nations .
Kitesurfers, tug of war specialists, curlers and figure skaters will all have had to explain what first drove them to their sport of choice, while the rest of the world laced up their football boots or took to the tennis court.
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