Casus

At last, after no end of 'casus' and 'discrimina rerum', I shall sail on Saturday the 10th, per ship Camperdown, for East India ❋ Lucie Duff Gordon (1845)

The worst threat at this G20 summit was a remark by French President Nicolas Sarkozy that he would walk out if there was not better regulation of banks and financial markets, not exactly the kind of casus belli that plunged Europe into war nearly 100 years ago. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Then they sat down to a three-cornered game of 'cut-throat,' -- a proceeding which did away with all casus belli for future hostilities, and permitted the victor to depart on a most important mission. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ms. Foreman recounts numerous incidents that, during the course of the Civil War, stoked sentiments on both sides of the Atlantic without ever rising to a casus belli . ❋ Michael Burlingame (2011)

An aggressive U.S. covert action campaign might provoke Saddam to retaliate overtly, providing a casus belli ... ❋ Jonathan Schwarz (2010)

ÂSometimes those others have given offense or provoked adverse reactions, but it is more the case that the casus belli was simply their existence. ❋ Henry J. Stern (2011)

In this case, the distinction between the two is important because the Iranian program has emerged as a possible casus belli. ❋ Robert Naiman (2012)

(The post itself, as anyone familiar with the dreary saga knows, was the underlying casus belli: the response to her comment was a deflection.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

* Joe Klein puts his finger on one the now-defunc Democratic Leadership Council's most catastrophic failings: "The war in Iraq, which the DLC supported reflexively, as a way of seeming `strong,' without ever really analyzing the intellectual weaknesses of the casus belli." ❋ Greg Sargent (2011)

The Bush administration, in his telling, was collectively asleep at the switch when al Qaeda struck on 9/11, even though the administration had a casus belli against al Qaeda — the October 2000 bombing of the U.S.S. ❋ Michael B. Mukasey (2011)

Sometimes those others have given offense or provoked adverse reactions, but it is more the case that the casus belli was simply their existence. ❋ Henry J. Stern (2011)

And there they found casus belli: the order to invade the planet earth to prepare for the coming of the Raven. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Iran's ongoing support for Hezbollah and Hamas, coupled with its direct participation in the bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, constitute sufficient casus belli to justify a reactive Israeli military strike against the Iranian nuclear program. ❋ Alan M. Dershowitz (2012)

We didn't make terrorism a casus belli, instead treating it as a crime, only lobbing a few missiles at Afghan rock huts and a Sudanese pharmaceutical plant. ❋ Reuel Marc Gerecht (2011)

If the Bush administration needed a casus belli, here it was broadcast around the world. ❋ Peter L. Bergen (2011)

They were indirectly fighting for the expansion of industrial-era capitalism and protectionism for Northern factories, but this was never invoked as a casus belli. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Johnny tried to [casue] me but i caught him unzipping so I [frogged] [the shit out of] him. ❋ Brosiedon34 (2010)

The assassination of [Archduke] Ferdinand served as a [casus belli] for the invasion that started [World War 1] ❋ Anonymous (2003)

1.[Iraq] going to [Kuwait] 2.Casus Belli doing Rallos [Zek] for months on end without success. ❋ Ogur Bashum (2003)

[Person 1]: [I love] Casu Martzu Person2: [Kill yourself] ❋ Scared Ass Cheese Looking Nigg (2023)

[Karen] made me watch a [horror movie] shes a [casue] ❋ Smartguy503 (2021)

I have a valid [Casus Beli] against the nation of Thisisanexampleia, with the reason being that they put pineapple on my pizza or, in a more serious way, I declare [war on] the nation of Ukraine for an armed border conflict that caused ten Russian soldiers on the border to [pass away] ❋ Americaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan (2022)

"[Look at] the [pic] of [this dude] casu-flexing." ❋ Universe42 (2020)