21.   But officials must convince Congress and the American public why this should be so, especially when there is no clear military threat to American interests.

22.   But the Security Council cannot and must not ease sanctions under duress from military threats.

23.   But their very nature drove them to use their power, reinforced by U.S. trade, to create a military threat that led to war.

24.   But the global military threat to the United States has clearly diminished, making it sensible to reduce force levels, guardsmen included.

25.   But with the Cold War finished, the WEU security framework should be more than adequate given that Russia poses no military threat to the Central European nations.

26.   China, France and Russia, all permanent Security Council members, objected to military threats made by Britain and the United States.

27.   Cut defense, which is a fortunate possibility at a time when the U.S. faces no serious military threat.

28.   Diplomacy or economic sanctions by themselves, not backed up by credible military threats, will not keep Iraq contained.

29.   Diplomacy that came to rely heavily on military threats reduced the wiggle room even further.

30.   During this operation, airlift was successfully used for the first time as a diplomatic solution in the face of a hostile military threat.