The outside world did not intervene militarily to stop the aggression and genocide.

It also had the power to intervene militarily if any one of its countries tried to establish independence.

But Washington has said it will not intervene militarily to end the war.

The federal government then intervened militarily and forced the parties to unite.

If the West intervened militarily, so be it, he argued.

The victory also has to come quickly - before Washington can decide whether it wants to take the risk of intervening militarily.

Meanwhile Western countries remained divided over whether to intervene militarily in the conflict.

Intervening militarily may make the world feel better for doing something, but it will not bring peace.

One of the central moral questions for our time is when to intervene militarily on humanitarian grounds.

"But rather than accept it this Administration will intervene militarily, which is folly."