Flames
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Although the author of "The Clash of Civilizations" claims he wants better understanding between civilizations, he fans the
flames
he pretends to want to put out by preaching that conflict stems not from the barrel of a gun but from the pulpit of a creed.
And foreign intervention in the French Revolution only fanned nationalist
flames.
With Iraq in flames, the United States-led invasion and occupation is widely blamed for unwittingly introducing a sectarian concept of identity in the country.
That incident fanned the
flames
of public sentiment against immigration, and probably played a role in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s stunning failure to form a new a coalition government after the federal election in September.
Karzai can leave no better legacy than an orderly transition, and has no interest in seeing all that he has achieved go up in
flames.
He concluded his admonition by declaring that, “The enemy is on the right” – a statement that ended up only fanning the
flames
of tribalism even more.
The
flames
destroyed their house in Mati, along with every other house on their street; but at least they escaped with their lives.
But 26 other people, who had come very close to the same coastline, succumbed to the smoke and
flames
before they could reach the water.
The EU played no role in helping us fight the flames, a task not in its remit, and it cannot be held responsible for the fires or for 70 years of Greek society’s abuse of the natural environment.
Iraq is in flames, with no end in sight.
It is also conceivable that genuine apologies may be counterproductive, because they trigger a backlash from local extremists, which may in turn fuel even more
flames
on the other side.
Everyone will feel the heat, because such
flames
know no borders; indeed, ISIS has recruited members of at least 80 nationalities.
It is not remotely in either country’s interest to see their own region go up in
flames.
But there are good reasons for a country – even one as poor as Kenya – to surrender its ivory wealth to the
flames.
Others fanned the
flames
of Anglo-German antagonism, caricaturing protectionist Germany as a barbarian society surviving on horse sausages and dog-meat;Lloyd George, the future prime minister, told audiences that he was more afraid of the German sausage than he was of the German navy.
The harshest criticism comes from those (including some Bush advisers) who say America and the West sent money down a rat-hole instead of following the practice adopted to fighting some wildfires B ie, standing back and letting the
flames
burn themselves out.
She ended up being burned in effigy in the
flames
of the bonfires of St. Joseph.
The BAM – like the Motherland Calls statue in Volgograd, the eternal
flames
at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Victory Park in Moscow, and the giant hydroelectric plants that line the train’s route – is a symbol of the once-mighty Soviet Union.
Now that it has, how far can the
flames
spread?
Video images, particularly of the World Trade Center’s collapsing twin towers, fanned the
flames
of conflict.
The way that party bosses, in China no less than in Japan, get rid of irksome rivals is to bring them down through public scandals, leaked to an obedient press, which then fans the
flames.
Second, the world’s citizens do not want to go down in
flames.
Failure to include moderate Maranaos in the reconstruction of their own city and its governance could fan the
flames
of radicalism again.
Instead, these clashing narratives created a deleterious spiral, fanning the
flames
of animosity and leading to the election of a left-wing government in Greece with a mandate to oppose austerity – with disastrous results for both sides.
This is especially worrisome because, unlike elsewhere in the world, official manipulation helps fan the
flames
of nationalism in China.
In the twentieth century, periods of inflation during and after the two world wars destroyed Europe’s political institutions and fanned the
flames
of radicalism.
Rather than set the stage for a sustainable economic recovery, deflation and default fanned the
flames
of nationalism – to disastrous effect.
But if Chinese-made products threaten their health and safety, there are sure to be opportunistic lawmakers ready to fan the
flames.
Why Value Pluralism Is Essential for SustainabilityBONN – For much of 2019, news broadcasts and social media have been filled with unsettling images of forests engulfed in flames, leaving behind charred, dead landscapes, destroyed homes, and displaced people.
The president-elect and those around him need to take extra precautions for their personal safety, given the inflamed political climate and Trump’s ongoing efforts to fan the
flames.
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