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Moreover, however mighty the US military is, it cannot destroy North Korea’s nuclear arsenal without provoking a counterattack inflicting untold destruction on South Korea and perhaps also Japan – both close US allies.
But, though Ebola has focused the world’s attention on systemic shortcomings, the goal must be to combat the abiding epidemics that are quietly inflicting suffering and death on populations worldwide.
But military operations that kill or injure civilians often do not automatically qualify as crimes, as long as deliberately inflicting pain or humiliation on a helpless individual – even if he or she is an enemy – is not the aim.
But presuming to speak on behalf of many who do: we are abjectly remorseful for inflicting Trump on you.
They believe not only that it is all right to kill soldiers and bomb munitions depots in times of war, but that inflicting "collateral damage" on non-combatants it is sometimes unavoidable--and morally permissible.
The US contends that China steals intellectual property for competitive reasons, inflicting grave damage on companies and workers.
Its large budget deficits reflect the impact of tax breaks that favor the wealthy and upper middle class; an unfunded expansion of Medicare coverage to include prescription medicines; two foreign wars; and, most important, a banking system that was allowed to get out of control, inflicting massive disruption on the real economy (and thus on tax revenue).
Mainstream economists would call it an inferior equilibrium;I call it a nightmare – one that is inflicting tremendous pain and suffering that could be easily avoided if the misconceptions and taboos that sustain it were dispelled.
The US and South Korean intelligence communities believe that North Korea has 10-16 nuclear weapons and more than 1,000 ballistic missiles, making it practically impossible to disable the North Korean threat militarily without inflicting serious damage on the US and its allies.
The moment of enlightenment came only when those policies also began inflicting costs on the US and other advanced industrial countries.
We must also work to stop inflicting harm on the most vulnerable people (and on ourselves).
Much poorer countries, and those routinely criticized by eurozone policymakers for their indebtedness (such as the US and the UK), should provide support to a wealthy creditor in order to prevent it from inflicting incalculable damage on the global economy.
Recovery from the damage Trump is inflicting on institutions and political culture in the US may take years; if so, the economic costs could be considerable.
Their view, defended with “alternative facts” that have no basis in reality, is paranoid and malevolent, aimed at inflicting harm on others, or at best indifferent to harm befalling others.
Beating the Oil BaronsWASHINGTON, DC – Over the past eighteen months, oil prices have more than doubled, inflicting huge costs on the global economy.
But uncertainty, lack of confidence, and policy paralysis or gridlock could easily cause value destruction to overshoot, inflicting extensive damage on all parts of the global economy.
But, notwithstanding the damage that the Palestinian strategy is inflicting on Israel’s increasingly fragile international standing, Abbas might be embarking on what could turn out to be a self-defeating diplomatic exercise.
Its demonetization project, which entailed the invalidation of high-value notes, was a disaster, inflicting enormous damage on citizens – especially the 81% of workers who earn their living in the informal sector – without making so much as a dent in corruption.
Just as the eurozone has fostered financial development and economic growth among its members, the current crisis now risks inflicting severe collateral damage far beyond its borders.
Some believe that policy can be calibrated to stop short of inflicting meaningful harm, usually because the resulting improvement in economic conditions will obviate the need for continued stimulus.
There are, to be sure, rare and dramatic cases in which a person with HIV infects another with the specific intention of inflicting harm.
Trump is capable of inflicting great harm without compunction, and is now doing so by economic means and threats of military action.
Through their escalating trade dispute, the US and China are inflicting substantial economic costs on themselves and other countries.
Their loyalty to “Republican values” entrenched since the Ronald Reagan era – low taxes, light regulation, and social conservatism – has made them complicit in the harm that the Trump administration is inflicting on America and the world.
To avoid inflicting more pain than necessary, we should target stay-at-home orders as precisely as possible to those who are most likely to pose a risk to others.
If the German transportation sector is forced to become electric, the resulting increase in power demand will lead to further price increases, inflicting sustained damage on the country’s industrial base.
No private company would even contemplate a move of such magnitude without having more concrete plans in place, for fear of mass attrition and inflicting lasting damage on the firm’s ability to function.
Moreover, the state’s fatality rate (0.53%) is the lowest in India, and it has managed to limit the spread of the virus without inflicting any of the human suffering seen in other parts of the country.
One vindicated the truth by inflicting suffering on one’s self rather than on one’s opponent.
It is impossible not to react emotionally to the scale of destruction humans are inflicting on the natural world.
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