military muscle

This would be a good time to exercise your military muscle.

Washington in the end had to get involved to provide the military muscle for our diplomacy.

But he said the main objective was not to "flex military muscle."

Iran flexing its military muscle, another area to watch this year.

Put this military muscle to work on the side of an oppressed population eager for freedom.

He said the US was trying to dominate other countries with its military muscle.

It would be the first time the interim government has used military muscle against a warlord.

Kennedy had owned the military muscle to force the Russians to blink.

But the Europeans have not committed the resources necessary for the military muscle that would back up a distinctive foreign policy.

By confronting the rebels with military muscle, the French may be hoping to bring them to the negotiating table.

The West has the most control where it has the most military muscle.

George W. Bush had the military muscle, and he felt like flexing it.

Only a rescue force using military muscle to facilitate delivery of emergency aid will have the needed quick effect.

Increasingly, our military muscle comes from our reserves, but the strain is showing there, too.

Like fireworks, the performance we see today is an aestheticized form of military muscle.

Internally, they reflect an ascendancy of diplomatic wisdom over military muscle.

The fleet holds its military muscle in check.

Do we really need this military muscle?

Military muscle by itself is not enough.

The nation's resurgent financial strength complemented its military muscle in projecting American power around the world.

Although used before his presidency, Roosevelt used military muscle several times throughout his two terms.

He relies heavily on Nigerian military muscle to protect Chevron's interests.

President Escavez has neither the military muscle, the personal endurance, nor the public support to defeat me.

He supplies the inside information, and later the military muscle, which permits Miles to recover the Great Key.

The United States occupation administration quelled the violence through a combination of military muscle and forced negotiations.