Opposition
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China’s non-violent terrestrial aggression has garnered less
opposition
than its blue-water ambition, which has been challenged by the United States and under international law (albeit with little effect).
Fourth, in recent months
opposition
leaders and human rights activists have been subjected to criminal charges for speech critical of the government.
By violating the Helsinki Final Act in the spring of 2014, Putin placed Russian foreign policy in direct
opposition
to that of the US and Europe.
Forces loyal to Assad were again pushed to the brink in July 2015, when
opposition
forces advanced on the regime’s coastal strongholds, specifically the port city of Latakia.
Two months later,
opposition
units from Duma and Ghouta were close to cutting off Assad’s forces in Damascus from the north of the country, by controlling strategic hills and paralyzing the M5 motorway.
By the end of 2016, five major coalitions with conflicting objectives had emerged: Assad’s forces and their allies;Arab-led
opposition
forces;Kurdish-led
opposition
forces;Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (JFS, formerly the al-Nusra Front, which was the official arm of al-Qaeda in Syria); and the so-called Islamic State (ISIS).
A December Turkish-Russian ceasefire plan, and the Astana negotiation process that kicked off last month in the Kazakh capital, fueled more infighting between Arab-led
opposition
forces and JFS, especially in the overpopulated and relentlessly bombarded
opposition
stronghold of Idlib.
Whereas Ahrar and other armed
opposition
groups accept the dual tracks of diplomatic and military action, HTS will continue to rally all factions and organizations that reject the diplomatic track and fear Ahrar’s domination of the northwest.
The weaknesses, splits, and fatigue of all local forces (both remnants of the regime and the
opposition
factions) may give regional powers like Russia, Turkey, and Iran more leverage in pushing for a sustainable ceasefire in Syria.
Obamacare’s Fatal FlawCAMBRIDGE – Obamacare, officially known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is the health-insurance program enacted by US President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats over the unanimous
opposition
of congressional Republicans.
When the MPs reassembled, the
opposition
members – now joined by MPs from a rival regional party – marched towards the Speaker’s desk, making even more noise.
That, unfortunately, is often par for the course in India’s parliament, many of whose
opposition
members appear to believe that disrupting proceedings, rather than delivering a convincing argument, is the most effective way to make their points.
Last winter, an entire five-week session was lost without a single day’s work, because the
opposition
parties united to stall the House, forcing adjournments every day.
Perhaps this makes sense, for it allows the
opposition
some space in a system in which party-line voting determines most legislative outcomes.
Four decades ago, in more genteel times, an
opposition
legislator once ended a debate whose outcome was a foregone conclusion, with the words, “We have the arguments.
Years later, the same MP, Atal Behari Vajpayee, became Prime Minister, and took pride in giving the
opposition
as much leeway as possible.
An Assault on India’s InstitutionsNEW DELHI – In India’s Karnataka state, the governor is favoring the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to form a government, despite an
opposition
coalition having won more seats in the state legislature.
Three months later, several
opposition
parties circulated an impeachment motion against Misra in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament.
With the BJP-appointed speaker claiming that she could not count heads in the din,
opposition
parties’ motion of no confidence against the government was not even debated.
Sanctions on those involved in electronic warfare against the
opposition'
s social media are not the answer to the shelling of civilian neighborhoods in Homs and Deraa.
In Syria, the ground is being prepared for a similar outcome, with a growing number of radical Islamists crossing into Syria and joining the
opposition.
In this context, it is important to appreciate the difference between the “political”
opposition
and the local
opposition
groups waging the fight against the regime on the ground.
But these groups have limited influence over the local
opposition
groups inside Syria, which are equally diverse and divided.
Opposition
to her compromises was so strong among her fellow Tories that she was forced to endure a Conservative Party no-confidence vote.
Today,
opposition
leader Anwar Ibrahim is in jail on dubious sodomy charges; the government has passed legislation that essentially authorizes it to detain critics indefinitely; and Prime Minister Najib Razak remains embroiled in multiple economic and political scandals.
Cambodia, too, seemed like it had reached a political breakthrough after the
opposition
coalition nearly won the 2013 general election.
True, the longtime
opposition
party, the National League for Democracy, won last November’s general election.
Rhetoric aside, Hamas’s
opposition
to direct talks with Israel is intended to make clear to the US that Hamas is central to the political reality of the region and cannot be ignored.
When an Albanian minister tried last year to raise the question of the duration of the OSCE's mission, the
opposition
leapt to the OSCE's defense.
Morsi brooked little
opposition
in pushing through a controversial draft constitution.
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