Imagine, then, the sense of defeat as military and political realities intruded on the grand vision.

In each case the economic and military reality did not amount to full independence, but a status where the local rulers were British clients.

Surely you understand military realities enough to know that sometimes units must be risked?

But he said military reality and not policy decisions led to the discrepancies.

Is that more a political statement than a military reality?

But we must still deal with the military realities here.

To start with, the military realities have changed.

The political landscape has adapted to ethnic, linguistic, religious, economic and military realities over the centuries.

Don't ever try to explain military reality to a lowlander.

The delay allowed a balancing of the military and political realities.