Nauru is the seventh most global warming threatened nation due to flooding.

"Since no nation threatens China, one wonders: why this growing investment?"

When one nation or group threatens another, only extremists are strengthened.

This will be to the profit of neither ourselves, our neighbors nor the Western nations threatened by terror.

It was, he said, unconscionable that a foreign nation should threaten the ancient rights of Iran to defend herself in any way she chose.

Again, black African nations threatened to boycott the event if she were permitted to compete.

"At the risk of having our factories destroyed and our nations threatened with nuclear retaliation?"

Argentina and several other nations have even threatened to walk out unless the community agrees to consider deeper cuts in farm protection.

A few nations have withdrawn or have threatened to withdraw their applications in frustration.

Eventually, African nations protested this invitation and threatened to boycott the Games.