Sep 21, 2007 14:00
16 yrs ago
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English term
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Native in: Chinese 
Works in: Chinese to English, English to Chinese, Japanese to Chinese, and 2 more.
one hand tied behind their back
English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
To eschew such tools is to fight terrorism with one hand tied behind your back. But that-with one hand tied behind their back-is precisely how democracies ought to fight terrorism.
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MARISA MORO
Argentina
Argentina
Works in field
Argentina
worlwide clients experience
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English, Spanish to English, English to Spanish
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Not making use of all the possibilities that might be availiable to fight against terrorism
I assume that democraciies are being criticized for not applying to intelligence, capabilities, will power to fight against terrorism probably because of having interests vested in having these terrorists acting from time to time
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks!"
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Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Spain
Native in English
&
English
Works in field
Spain
The translator people turn to
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to Spanish, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
at a major disadvantage
Forced to be weaker than others, but for democracies this would mean not using all the force they actually could.
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JaneTranslates
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Thanks Jane. Long time no hear.
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Robert Forstag
: A questionable argument, but this is the sense.
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Ours is not to reason why... Thanks Robert.
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CHEN-Ling
: http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/48534/?comments=vie...
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Thanks.
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Jim Tucker (X)
: yes, or perhaps more precisely: "without using all the forces at their disposal"
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Yes, thanks Jim
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Alexander Demyanov
: Also w/Jim.
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Thanks Alexander.
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Marian Greenfield
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Thanks Marian.
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Michael Tovbin
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Thanks Michael.
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Kim Metzger
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Thanks Kim.
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Olga Layer
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Thank you
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Alexander Litvinov
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Thank you
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Vitaly Kisin
: I will politely disagree but shall withdraw if my error is exposed: The nature of democracies does not permit them application of the full range of potential measures otherwise they cease being democracies
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airmailrpl
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P Waters
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Thanks
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Patricia Townshend (X)
: at a major disadvantage - I agree
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not using all options available to them
whether that be force, intelligence capabilities, etc.
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