Why would the government initiate such hot pursuit of what was beside the point?

After the kidnapping the government initiated military operations in the area.

The city was economically depressed until the 1960s when the government initiated a major development program.

Following the end of the civil war in May 2009, the government initiated various projects to rebuild the entire line.

The government initiated a major overhaul of the tax code in early 2007.

The Chinese government has initiated medical research, a free drug program and a nationwide public awareness campaign.

Dairy companies were forced to cut prices, and the government initiated a review of the industry.

The government initiated more than a dozen prosecutions under the law this year.

In the 1990s the government initiated efforts to diversify agriculture.

His government initiated the economic recovery and the reconstruction of Greece.