The release of the hostages could not be achieved without the use of force.

不使用武力不可能使人质获释。

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Should the other options not work, the use of force option is always there.

如果其他方案也不能奏效，那么使用武力的选择总是存在的。

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Yet they do not, understandably, rule out the eventual use of direct force against Iran's nuclear facilities.

即使如此，以色列很明显并不排除最终诉诸于直接武力对抗打击伊朗核设施的手段。

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This is not the use of force to try to enforce an agreement.

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Teachers and pupils both know that teachers cannot use force - and that parents would not tolerate the use of force - so an aggressive manner would soon be seen as an empty threat.

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Although in its resolutions the Security Council has labelled the crisis in Kosovo a threat to peace and security in the Balkans, it has pointedly not authorised the use of force against Yugoslavia.

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