Frankly, I don't see how far a military response would get us.

Syria, which long ago lost the arms race with Israel, is not likely to make a direct military response.

Bush administration officials, on the other hand, fear that council members will try to block a military response.

From a political point of view, this was the worst possible time for a military response to Hussein.

Its presence would be considered a key to mounting any kind of military response to Iraq, officials said.

I have no choice but to order a military response to this situation.

But the military response has done little to clarify what happened.

But the number of attacks in the last month shows a military response does not always stop the desperate.

"Then in due course we can consider a measured military response."

A solely military response cannot be enough, it is true.