demilitarizing love

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  • verb Present participle of demilitarize.

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Examples

  • By erasing the U.S. footprint in Iraq, "demilitarizing" the fight against terrorism, working toward a settlement for the Palestinians and otherwise assuaging Muslim sensibilities while making terrorism "uncool," Mr. Sageman believes the air can slowly be let out of the jihadist balloon.

    An Inordinate Fear of Terrorism? 2008

  • Despite all the rhetoric about demilitarizing Europe and preventing the emergence of new dividing lines, the United States seemed intent on encircling the new democratic Russia even more tightly than it had contained the totalitarian USSR.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • Despite all the rhetoric about demilitarizing Europe and preventing the emergence of new dividing lines, the United States seemed intent on encircling the new democratic Russia even more tightly than it had contained the totalitarian USSR.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • Despite all the rhetoric about demilitarizing Europe and preventing the emergence of new dividing lines, the United States seemed intent on encircling the new democratic Russia even more tightly than it had contained the totalitarian USSR.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • Despite all the rhetoric about demilitarizing Europe and preventing the emergence of new dividing lines, the United States seemed intent on encircling the new democratic Russia even more tightly than it had contained the totalitarian USSR.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • A hybrid economy must emerge, and one that combines the best of the free market while, at the same time, protecting and preserving the social good stopping rape, and genocide in Darfur and throughout Africa combatting religious and racial intolerance demilitarizing the planet, and setting a deadline for global nuclear proliferation establishing an international venue where enemy nations can meet regularly to resolve their disputes through dialogue and negotiation instead of armed combat.

    Jayne Lyn Stahl: Time for a Peace Budget 2010

  • Israel's security could be further buttressed by demilitarizing the territory returned to Syria.

    Obama Should Talk To Syria Now 2009

  • But it does add a dimension to how we think about the next steps after ending wars and demilitarizing (imagine the useful work that could be done with half the effort so many put into death work).

    Nascence to End Work 2009

  • I like air shows, but how about -- as a first tiny step toward demilitarizing civilian life -- banning all flyovers of sporting events by modern combat aircraft?

    William J. Astore: A Seven-Step Program to Return America to a Quieter, Less Muscular, Patriotism 2009

  • If he tried to implement any of his excellent plans for demilitarizing the United States, Kucinich would encounter enormous push-back, non-compliance, outright insubordination.

    John Feffer: Who Should Be Secretary of Defense? 2008

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