On the other hand, global economic distress doesn't invariably work at cross-purposes with American interests.
Even when we act with what we believe to be the best of intentions, our efforts are often at cross-purposes with our goals.
The minutes ticked away to years as the Bosnian crisis claimed many thousands of lives, got Europeans themselves at cross-purposes and all but ruptured the transatlantic alliance.
The non-responsiveness of the economy might be because the various policies are at cross-purposes at one another or that all the policies are in error, or some mix.
Chevron's bid to increase enormously the Soviet Union's marketable energy output (in terms of oil and, as an unavoidable part of the recovery process, of gas) clearly is at cross-purposes with this alliance policy.
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Concerned about reports that the Pakistani military is working at cross-purposes and, in some cases, aiding the Taliban, Congress is trying to condition the money on progress made by Pakistani forces in rooting out extremists.
Realpoliticians will declare it folly, a commitment to "nation-building" beyond our resources or will, a goal at cross- purposes with Secretary of State Colin Powell's monomaniacal focus on securing international "support" for our war effort even from terrorist-sponsoring states.
Third, the President, his advisors and the Congress must be held accountable to a greater degree than has generally been the case in recent years for decisions that are at cross-purposes with the common sense and traditional desires of the American people.
While the steps President Musharaf has taken to support the war effort have been impressive on the whole and hugely valuable to the campaign in Afghanistan, it is certainly possible -- if not highly probable -- that his Islamist-supporting intelligence service (known as the ISI) is still working at cross-purposes with both him and us.
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Affording such a privileged role to a government that is, at best, unable to control what is happening in its own country and, at worst, embarked upon a course that will put it ever more at cross purposes with Western interests, is unlikely to facilitate the G-7's important economic coordinating function.
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