Word: soldierly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...creation of a permanent peacekeeping force recognizes that there are fundamental differences in peacekeeping and soldiering. Members of the peacekeeping force would not just be trained in tactical warfare, but they would also be taught how to best serve the people whom they were protecting. Countries such as Canada already require that peacekeepers attend lectures on the host country’s history and customs before sending them on their mission. Preventing conflict and assisting civilians requires a completely different set of skills than killing and destroying. You do not send a butcher to do a surgeon?...
...Together they have more than three decades of stage work under their belt, though neither, oddly, ever landed a movie-extra job. Hill did pick up some work as an extra for British TV in the '80s, a job he liked because you got "danger pay" for playing a soldier or policeman. "When the Troubles were at their height, it was considered dangerous," he says. "You wore big yellow BBC plaques at the top of your uniform just to make sure, if there were any potential snipers, they wouldn't mistake...
...lead. "It's our air crew - they are military people," Pentagon spokesman Craig Quigley said. "But if you think of a military solution to this, that's not the way ahead. The way ahead is a diplomatic one." Rumsfeld, known to favor a hard line, was ever the good soldier. "Right now he agrees with everything that's being done," a close Rumsfeld aide said. "He's been involved with this thing from the beginning, but he has no desire to stand out." And so it was Bush himself who went before the cameras on Monday to read a statement...
...lead. "It's our air crew?they are military people," Pentagon spokesman Craig Quigley said. "But if you think of a military solution to this, that's not the way ahead. The way ahead is a diplomatic one." Rumsfeld, known to favor a hard line, was ever the good soldier. "Right now he agrees with everything that's being done," a close Rumsfeld aide said. "He's been involved with this thing from the beginning, but he has no desire to stand out." And so it was Bush himself who went before the cameras on Monday to read a statement...
...side, Raad resents the attempt to turn Ibrahim into a political weapon. At a rally staged in Ramallah by the Palestinian Authority, he speaks harsh words to his hosts and the crowd: "If you want to find someone to blame for my grandson's death, look further than the soldier who was at the checkpoint that night, look in the mirror, as well. Look at yourself and the Authority, who've negotiated our birthright...