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Indeed, many in the Arab world
questioned
even the Libyan intervention, because the United States-led invasion of Iraq years earlier had discredited the use of military force against a dictator.
During President Ronald Reagan’s first term in the early 1980s, he also
questioned
the international monetary order; took a tougher line on Latin America; and expressed doubts about nuclear deterrence (preferring the idea of nuclear superiority).
And, indeed, the nuclear agreement could not have been reached without Khamenei’s approval, which helps explain why no candidate
questioned
the deal during the campaign.
Although the Palestinians would be right to oppose Israel’s policy of limiting their living space in the city, at no moment since the 1967 occupation of East Jerusalem has an Israeli government
questioned
the Palestinians’ authority over these shrines.
Only 43% of Catalonia’s population voted in the referendum, which even Barcelona’s mayor, Ada Colau, a supporter of statehood, has
questioned
as a foundation for a unilateral declaration of independence.
After 70 years, the Bretton Woods institutions – the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank –appear creaky, with their very legitimacy being
questioned
in many quarters.
The “real” scientists were aware of the incremental nature of the work, and
questioned
whether the Venter group had created a genuine “synthetic cell,” while the social scientists tended to exaggerate the implications of the work.
Yet Russia’s flagrant and unapologetic violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity has not only poisoned relations with Kyiv; it also implicitly threatens prospective EEU members, especially Kazakhstan, whose independent statehood Putin has openly
questioned.
When my government
questioned
this assumption, they cried out that this was interference by the state with legitimate property rights.
The onus should be on political leaders in Europe, where diplomats have privately
questioned
the Argentine approach.
The key point is that highlighting the moral dimension of the decision to start an uprising to prevent the Soviets from liberating Warsaw, while ignoring the failure to act to prevent the murder of three million Polish Jews and join the ghetto uprising, can be legitimately
questioned.
As with the Black Death, later historians
questioned
whether a rodent disease could cause destruction on such a scale.
The message is loud and clear: if the quality of US federal bonds, traditionally the beacon of financial safety, can be questioned, no country is immune from attack.
And even non-strategic missile-defense systems, the deployment of which might be useful, will be
questioned.
As for Zola, who defended Captain Alfred Dreyfus from charges of treason fueled by anti-Semitism, he was easily convicted for libel because he merely
questioned
the motives of witnesses without offering any new evidence.
The Fed, led by perhaps the foremost monetary economist in the world, proposed creative solutions that few in policy circles, including the usually conservative multilateral institutions,
questioned.
The Election QuestionNEW DELHI – With street protests roiling democracies from Bangkok to Kyiv, the nature and legitimacy of elections are once again being
questioned.
The plaintiffs, who include members of the Bundestag, have
questioned
whether the Bundesbank should be allowed to participate in the ECB’s outright monetary transactions (OMT) program, arguing that it violates Articles 123 and 125 of the EU Treaty, which they claim forbids government bailouts with the printing press.
The legitimacy of European laws limiting the scope of Russian business activity in Europe and contradicting WTO regulations would immediately be
questioned.
The marks were interpreted to mean that the animals had been slaughtered, but skeptics
questioned
why no butcher’s “blades” were found in the vicinity.
But the problem today is on a very different level: the European project itself is being
questioned.
But it is Western assumptions that need to be
questioned.
And, with a president who has sometimes openly
questioned
rigid ideological adherence to free trade, anything is possible, especially in the run-up to the 2012 presidential election.
Donald Trump’s Foreign-Policy ChallengesCAMBRIDGE – During his campaign, US President-elect Donald Trump
questioned
the alliances and institutions that undergird the liberal world order, but he spelled out few specific policies.
But much remains to be done: the entire educational system, up through the university level, requires serious reform, and many taboos regarding employment rules, social security, and the functioning of the state must be
questioned.
In the United States’ presidential election campaign, for example, the leading candidates in both the Republican and Democratic primaries have
questioned
the wisdom of seeking greater openness in world trade.
In her impressive speech in the Bundestag marking the 50th anniversary of the end of Hitler's War, Rita Sussmuth said that harsh truths would "not have to be mentioned again and again, if they were not
questioned
again and again."
Trump has
questioned
whether he would defend Eastern European NATO members if they do not do more to defend themselves.
In fact, they might have been offended if one
questioned
their staunch anti-liberalism.
Human rights activists
questioned
the wisdom of endorsing the leader of a growingly authoritarian Russia.
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