China regards such visits as proof of Japan's failure to abjure its militarist past.

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So was Lady Thatcher a "draconian militarist" whose actions prolonged the Northern Ireland conflict, as Gerry Adams contends?

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Opponents, both domestically and internationally, say it could return Japan to what they see as its militarist past.

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On the contrary, the line was that even the most hard-bitten militarist elements had accepted that republican credibility would not survive a second broken ceasefire.

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You have been described as a rightist, a militarist and worse.

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The militarist, even imperial avocation of an Alexander Hamilton or a Theodore Roosevelt is countered by the Jeffersonian wariness of war as the sport of tyrants.

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As he demonstrates, it is not necessary to be a dove or an anti-militarist to believe that, in some circumstances, it is appropriate and vital for politicians to immerse themselves in the details of military affairs.

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And although U.S. officicals have led calls for an end to the conflict, Plesch suggests that a prolonged conflict in Syria might not be the "worst option" from an Israeli or American militarist point of view, because neutralizing Syria would have the effect of isolating Hezbollah, and to a degree Hamas, from Iran, an ally of Damascus.

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