1.   In war, a Cabinet designed to manage political conflict finds itself instead directing armed force.

2.   Each member of the alliance agrees to take such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force.

3.   War hawks in the cabinet who urged the President to respond to the threat with armed force.

4.   They will never and under any circumstances be the first to use armed force against each other or against third states...

5.   First, they were to give the regime the appearance of being based not on sheer superiority of armed force, but on objective political and juridical principles.

6.   If armed peacekeeping forces are needed at all, they are needed because they can fight.

7.   It requires also that there be an armed force sufficient to enforce the law on recalcitrant individuals.

8.   Although opposed from the beginning to Palestinian peace talks with Israel, the Hawatmeh group has not been a serious armed force for a long time.

9.   Although opposed from the beginning to Palestinian peace talks with Israel, the Hawatmeh organization has not been a serious armed force for a long time.