History teaches that such a posture invites foreign aggression and costs far more than is saved through short-term and short-sighted cuts.

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And besides, memories of foreign aggression are a convenient distraction from equally distressing recollections of what Chinese have suffered from their own rulers.

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"The ship was carrying air defense systems which can only be used to repel foreign aggression, " Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, according to Russia's Interfax news agency.

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Items at the bottom of the list include improving the standard of living in poor countries, helping to spread democracy and protecting weak nations against foreign aggression.

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Galland reported from Portugal, where in the absence of any foreign aggression no redcoats or other military enforcers anywhere in sight, EU bureaucrats have imposed their economic will on the Portuguese people.

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But I think the real problem is not that Iraq and Afghanistan were quagmires, not victories, nor even the obvious flaws in the Bush Doctrine and the foreign policy based on military aggression that it represents.

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"Israel and those who protect it at the Security Council are fully responsible for the repercussions of this aggression, " the letter from Syria's Foreign Ministry said.

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Sound foreign policy predicates on peace, but not pacifism, strength, but not aggression, and expanded commercial relations.

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She told her superiors that an invasion of the country without UN sanction would be a "crime of aggression" before stepping down from her post as deputy legal adviser to the Foreign Secretary.

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