C. Geographic expansion through military action

There has even been talk of military action.

Military and political action alone were not enough.

The parties should refrain from any military action.

MELBOURNE Is Israel s military action in Gaza morally defensible?

Military action by itself may simply make matters worse.

Military action cannot be considered the only variable of success.

Israel has employed military action only as a last resort.

This represented New Zealand's first military action in World War I.

Military action was unrealistic for so small a country as Mauritius.

Hagel says military action is not a viable, feasible, responsible option.

There is a link between purely military action and economic action aimed at meeting the people's basic needs.

Disciplinary action has been taken against a number of high ranking military officers and 10 military personnel have been brought before military courts and sentenced.

The US urged the United Nations to take military action against Iraq.

Opinion polls, showing a majority against United States military action, were published.

They took minimal military action during what became known as the Phoney War.

It demands that the parties immediately refrain from any offensive military action, and any action likely to lead to renewed fighting.

In other words, whilst military necessity may justify a particular action, the action may cause unnecessary suffering including civilian death, or damage may be totally disproportionate to the military advantage to be gained.

The current state of Iran s nuclear program does not call for immediate military action.

This policy change is a necessary parallel to the military action now taking place.

Indeed, the younger generation of Americans has greeted military action abroad with a yawn.

The military action is being conducted in immediate proximity to the Azerbaijan Iran frontier.

Thousands of civilians, having nothing to do with military action, have been taken hostage.

But there is no support in Europe for military action, and little backing for sanctions.

The Turkish parliament has passed a year long mandate which approves cross border military action.

By lowering the costs and risks of attack, these technological innovations make military action more likely.

Regardless of the outcome, he foresees no threat of military action, at least through next year.

But the legitimacy of any international military action that goes beyond immediate self defense requires broad international approval and action without legitimacy is bound to fail.

proportionality the principle of proportionality requires that the collateral civilian losses resulting from a military action should not be excessive in relation to the expected military advantage.

The facile Clausewitzian wisdom that military action ultimately leads to a political solution is no longer convincing.

(4) And in some extreme cases, there's even a suggestion that we should resort to military action.

The only significant military action was the siege and conquest of the city of Ceuta in 1415.

This requires military action, carefully calibrated to ensure that it does not add to the population's suffering.

Weaker actors could be provoked into military action or nuclear terrorism an asymmetrical response to asymmetrical power.

Those who are found to contravene these instructions have had action taken against them under military law.

Recent experience, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Somalia, has enabled us to gain a deeper understanding today of the relationship between humanitarian action and military action.

None of the Middle East s problems has a military solution, and none can be solved through unilateral action.

The extremists, whom Bush expected to be defeated through economic sanctions, diplomatic isolation, and military action, have prevailed.

If so, the action should not proceed because the military necessity is outweighed by proportionality and humanitarian considerations.

If that Government refused or stood in the way of a prompt solution, military action would be taken.

The very fact that the positive changes have taken place through military action raises questions about the future.

Though determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, even if doing so requires military action, the US weighs the consequences of a military showdown in very different terms.

The emerging security concept of the responsibility to protect , coupled with humanitarian intervention, remains grounded in military action and has been used in the past to justify violent military intervention.

More threats will only push the international community further along the spiral of escalation and, possibly, into military action.

The international community must therefore accept the need for a fundamental link between such military action and the UN.