The aim of each supporting nation has been not so much to promote Kurdish autonomy on the donor's soil but to destabilize a troublesome neighbor.
Demonologists sacrificed children or troublesome neighbors to their diabolic servants, and necromancers traded souls for the wisdom of the dead.
Longbow said, "They've cleared the area of troublesome neighbors by all appearances, at least for a time.
He wished nothing more than to rid himself of a powerful foe and troublesome neighbour.
(what an opportunity to get rid of a troublesome neighbor!)
Praying to them was supposed to be good for a number of ailments, including (if the cause was just) ridding oneself of troublesome neighbors.
Tanzania has a long history of internal harmony, but it has troublesome neighbours.
They have troublesome neighbors who are growing more trouble- some yet.
Saddam Hussein will be a bloody dictator and a troublesome neighbor as long as he remains in power.
For those with troublesome neighbors, the apartment, no matter how dreamy, can become a prison they dread going home to.