war-weariness

There is a steady shift in the polls toward war-weariness and readiness to withdraw faster than the President has in mind.

Ray Suarez: War Without End. Amen? Ray Suarez 2011

In 2008, Mr. Bush's unpopularity and a general war-weariness allowed Mr. Obama to get away with attacking straw men.

Finally, an Honest Debate on Antiterror Policy? William McGurn 2011

The 2014 timeline, first laid out by Mr. Karzai in his inauguration speech last year, is highly symbolic, signaling to his own people that foreign troops won't indefinitely control the fight against the Taliban and potentially easing war-weariness in the U.S. and Europe.

Nations Back Karzai's Handover Plan 2010

What I'd found was yet another example of the gratuitous use of martial metaphors in news stories, the sort of bombardment that can pummel even the most battle-hardened reader into surrendering owing to acute war-weariness.

Let's declare war on these tired military metaphors Jamie Fahey 2010

The 2014 timeline, first laid out by Mr. Karzai in his inauguration speech last year, is highly symbolic, signaling to his own people that foreign troops won't indefinitely control the fight against the Taliban and potentially easing war-weariness in the U.S. and Europe.

Nations Back Karzai's Handover Plan 2010

First, war-weariness is pronounced among many Afghans and any enthusiasm felt by the Taliban will be weakened by desertions and the immediate prospect of more war.

Leaving Afghanistan 2009

Then, like now, you had an unpopular incumbent president, you had a bad economy, now you have war-weariness, then you had a lot of weariness over the hostage crisis in Iran which went on and on.

CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2008 2008

Military pressure created the incentive for cease-fires; once that element was removed, the opponent had the opposite incentive: to protract the process in order to exploit war-weariness in the U.S.

A Scenario For The Endgame 2008

I've noticed, however, that during the past six years, that attitude has been changing specifically as a result of war-weariness and the demise of Bush's popularity.

Truth is Speaking....Is Power Listening? 2007

Foreign observers and Iranians suggest that the combination of disillusionment, fear, war-weariness and a lack of viable political alternative has eroded the chance of a new revolution.

Daimnation!: A revolution betrayed 2005