| We're the ones who unquestioningly march behind bullies into other countries on fictitious pretexts. |
| In lucid prose, he shreds pretenses and pretexts and demands consistent, bright lines. |
| States which are defenseless can be attacked at will, with the most flimsy pretexts and virtually no international support. |
| This would bring an end to his many attempts to extort money from organisations on the flimsiest of pretexts. |
| Moreover, where national enterprises are non-competitive, the imperial states invent pretexts to protect them from more efficient producers. |
| He has often sought to justify repression on the pretexts of threatened coups against his government. |
