He said the American people were against the war for military, economic,diplomatic and moral reasons.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

He says first of all, the strategy emphasizes a stronger regional factor, and a greater variety of approaches that integrate military measures with civil, social and economic efforts.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

Many Israeli observers believe that with the current leadership in power in Iran, Israel can make a stronger case for economic sanctions and possibly military action against Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

The author acknowledges that after nine years of large-scale U.S.military involvement in the Middle East, and with the nation's economic difficulties bearing down on them, many Americans feel the temptation to pull the U.S.strong horse out of the region.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

"I think a lot of European allies, including France, are looking to the United States to roll out a new Afghan strategy that they can more comfortably buy into, and they will be looking at whether they can up their contribution, their military contribution, their economic contribution, after they have seen that particular strategy,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.29