military action
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The recent clashes with Saudi Arabia, coupled with escalating U.S. military action against Iran, have emboldened the Houthis to step in, analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Franklin D. Roosevelt after Pearl Harbor, Lyndon B. Johnson after the Gulf of Tonkin and George W. Bush after 9/11 all sought congressional approval for war or wider military action.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
While the U.S. military maintains extensive contingency plans for crises ranging from nuclear attacks to the death of senior leaders, those plans do not automatically trigger military action upon a president’s death.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
Not diplomacy that might resolve the military action, like we’re in now.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
But they also were aware that deploying a weapon of such enormous power would not be a military action; the Super’s value would be strictly “psychological,” General Bradley declared.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
