But they are both equally horrified at the thought that Israel could take military action this year.
He resigned in March, after a profile in Esquire magazine portrayed him as resisting administration pressures to take military action against Iran.
It is next to inconceivable that he will take military action against Iran.
High-ranking American military and government officials have traveled to Islamabad recently to press Pakistan's government to take military action against Taliban sanctuaries.
Mr. Panetta and other top officials have privately sought assurances from Israeli leaders in recent weeks that they won't take military action against Iran.
So it was right, he argued, to take military action in Libya which the Arab world was prepared to back - or, at least, tolerate.
Which is to say that, in spite his defense of just wars in his Nobel speech, it is next to inconceivable that he will take military action against Iran.
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Just last week International Development Secretary Clare Short signalled continuing cabinet tensions on the subject when she warned that the UN Security Council alone should decide whether to take military action against Iraq.
As well as squeezing Mr Milosevic, the monitors are desperately trying to prevail on Kosovo's fractious ethnic Albanians not to take military action of a sort that would be bound to provoke a disproportionate Serb retaliation.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, has drawn his own red line, saying repeatedly that the Jewish state would be prepared to take military action to prevent Hezbollah from obtaining new weapons that could upset the balance of power.
Israel has said it wants to stay out of the Syrian war, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly stated the Jewish state would be prepared to take military action to prevent sophisticated weapons from flowing from Syria to Hezbollah or other extremist groups.
The only way that diplomacy will succeed in convincing the Iranians to turn away from their nuclear program is if they believe, without a doubt, that if they fail to take those steps diplomatically, the United States will take military action to stop their nuclear program.
The complexities involved in standing up a no-fly zone that have been spelled out by Secretary Gates and others remain, and also it remains true that any action you take, especially a military action, it is very important that you are very clear about what it entails and what your goals are and whether those goals are achievable through that means.
In seven hours of questioning earlier this year, Mr Blair said the Iraqi regime posed a danger to international security and he would take the same decision again to take part in military action.
It is simply not part of the standard operating procedure of a major power like the United States to authorize its friends to take rapid and unilateral military action.
They say the new and fragile government will not take ownership of the problem, and that Pakistan's military won't take action against its own people until it has the full support of the government and the population.
"We're going to position ourselves militarily to be able to take the appropriate, decisive military action if that's called for, but at the same time trying to create the atmosphere with military forces that will get the people to talk to each other and find a peaceful solution, " Pace said.
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Security Council to take action that could include military force.
The U.S. military has tried to take action to prevent attacks by Afghan forces, appointing monitors to provide security for troops working with Afghans, boosting its counterintelligence infrastructure in Afghanistan, adopting an eight-step vetting process for Afghan recruits and revising the training they receive.
If Scotland's firefighters were to take strike action it is possible that military "Green Goddess" fire engines would be used.
Does the Iraq experience make it more likely or less likely that you would take the United States into another preemptive military action?
Mr Wolfowitz said that America was prepared to make a massive investment in the Turkish bases, but Turkish officials said they want the UN to agree to any military campaign rather than America take unilateral action.
Archbishop Sentamu was saying he'd like to see the UN take a lead which could in turn trigger military action if that is the final resort.
Mr Cowen, who is currently chairing meetings of the United Nations Security Council, said Ireland supported the "multi-faceted" action intended to take out key Taleban military installations.
And after an attack on India's parliament in December 2001, which Delhi blamed on Pakistan-based Islamic militants, Washington pressed Pakistan's military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, to take action against militant groups based on its territory.
Algeria's tough and uncompromising response to the crisis was typical of its take-no-prisoners approach in confronting terrorists, favoring military action over negotiation.
U.S. officials briefed on the drone program say the administration's intent in the speech was to take the heat off the controversial drone strikes by promising future action would be done by the military when possible.
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