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Like the eight-year civil war (in what was then known as Zaire) that nominally ended in 2002, the current fighting involves many different local groups: not only the Congolese government forces, which oppose the insurgents loyal to the Tutsi General Laurent Nkunda, but also the Rwandan Hutu rebels who were responsible for the genocide in Rwanda in the 1990’s and a jungle force known as the “Mai-Mai” militias.
Those who used to say that they favored a debate on the issue now support legalization; those who opposed it now accept the need for debate; and those who continue to oppose legalization do so on moral, rather than rational, grounds.
Others oppose “ceding the territory” (setting up a demilitarized zone, where any such exchange could take place) and demand of the government “firmeza, siempre firmeza!” (to be “firm” and go after the rebels).
(Turkey’s Western allies continue to oppose the proposal, lest they be dragged into an all-out confrontation with the Syrian regime and its Russian and Chinese allies.)
At the same time, the United States will oppose any Iranian nuclear program – even a civilian program – because this will contribute to the stability of the regime in Tehran.
While there may be security reasons for any future US administration to oppose even a civilian nuclear program, American policymakers also recognize the strategic impact that nuclear energy will have in stabilizing the Iranian regime.
I don’t oppose these services or their provision by the state; but they do not add up to philosophers’ concept of the “good life.”
Germany and other countries where mainstream policies still command wide support would vehemently oppose any perceived softening of the common rules and principles.
After five years of decline in living standards, voters oppose more austerity and further retrenchment without growth.
Many members of ethnic minorities, including the country’s 150 million Muslims, openly oppose the Hazare movement.
Here, a simple rule to follow would be to refrain from vetoing a resolution that a majority of Security Council members support, unless at least two of the P5 oppose it.
Unions initially oppose it, but eventually give in, spooked by the specter of even greater unemployment.
And they oppose those shrill voices who argue democracy is incompatible with Islam.
And then he quickly backtracked, equating the Klansmen and “alt-right” extremists brandishing swastikas and chanting Nazi slogans with those who turned out to oppose them.
China and Europe worked together after 2008 to prevent a global financial meltdown, oppose protectionism, and promote reform of the international financial system, thus facilitating worldwide economic recovery.
I certainly do not oppose the use of Twitter by public officials.
By adopting this nonsense dogma, developed countries enabled resource-rich authoritarian leaders like Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya, and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Iran, to use their oil reserves as tools to oppose the West – and particularly its support for Israel.
Investors are worried that the Court could oppose the ESM such that they would have to bear the losses from their bad investments.
Most observers believe that the Court is unlikely to oppose the ESM treaty, though many expect the judges to demand certain amendments, or to ask Germany’s president to make his signature subject to certain qualifications.
Mexico and Brazil will not follow, but would not oppose the move, either.
Despite efforts to promote fiscal-policy coordination, eurozone members’ budgets still fall under the purview of separate national authorities, and northern Europeans continue to oppose transfers from more to less prosperous countries beyond the very limited allowance of the European Union’s regional funds.
We were among many from across the political and ideological spectrum who were arrested and tortured for daring to oppose the Assad regime.
Against this background, anti-establishment parties across Europe oppose policies that reflect this German-inspired approach.
Considerable economic, strategic, and cultural obstacles to the emergence of a European defense posture no doubt remain, including among those within some French industrial circles who oppose open tenders for defense contracts.
At the TRC hearings we were exposed to gruesome details about atrocities that were committed to uphold or to oppose apartheid.
In a sense, even some “conservatives” – who support more public infrastructure spending, but also want tax cuts and oppose more borrowing – de facto support helicopter drops.
We rightly oppose the invasion of one country’s territory by another.
Some of his remarks in recent weeks had suggested that he might reject outright the free movement of EU citizens – one of the union’s founding principles – and dare other European governments to oppose him.
And it has very little power when the great powers oppose an action, or repressive member governments ignore the claims of the new “responsibility to protect.”
Whenever we are encouraged to oppose a dictator, the specter of Adolf Hitler is invoked, and the ghosts of 1938 are resurrected to counter skepticism about hasty “preemptive” war.
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