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In the long term it’s just not tenable, people are going to know that the government lied to them, if the conflict were over in a day or two it wouldn’t matter so much but the costs of the conflict are so great economically, dead soldiers, that people are going to be upset that they’ve been lied to so much. – Moscow Dan Hoffman	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It is simply not clear to us that there is substantive rationale for it, we will continue to consult with Poland and our other NATO allies about this issue and the difficult logistical challenges it presents, but we do not believe Poland's proposal is a tenable one. – Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirbydistanced	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Kyrie Irving has his own belief so I respect that. But we have to make a team decision. This isn't a decision about him. This is a decision about where we go as a team, and it's just not tenable for us to have a team with a player that comes in and out, no home games, only away games. What do you do in practice then ? This week we have a whole stretch of six home games, so we won't have Kyrie Irving. – Brooklyn Nets	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The new law is preposterous, mentally and emotionally ill individuals should be removed from the streets, involuntarily if necessary.They should be placed in high-quality settings, institutional settings if necessary, where they get the shelter, food and care they need.Having drug addicts, a frightful condition, freely injecting drugs and passing out in public is not tenable. – Barbara Blair	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Suspension is in the best interests of Britney Spears, the current situation is not tenable. – Judge Brenda Penny	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
And while authoritarian regimes deny access to their networks, they actively reach into others and into ours -- taking advantage of and meddling in more open societies. It's no wonder that some countries are asking whether the principles around which we've organized the internet are still relevant or still tenable. – Antony Blinken	Found on CNN 2 years ago
John Bolton's priorities and policies just don't line up with the President's and any sitting president has the right to put someone in that position that can carry out his agenda. That became no longer tenable so the President made a change. – Hogan Gidley	Found on CNN 4 years ago
There is also the so-called liberal idea, which has outlived its purpose, our Western partners have admitted that some elements of the liberal idea, such as multiculturalism, are no longer tenable. – President Putin	Found on CNN 4 years ago
None of these options is tenable, our county must live within its means. – President Uhuru Kenyatta	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I hear it said that West Berlin is militarily untenable-and so was Bastogne, and so, in fact, was Stalingrad. Any danger spot is tenable if men-brave men-will make it so. – John Fitzgerald Kennedy	added by anonymous 14 years ago

In the long term it’s just not tenable, people are going to know that the government lied to them, if the conflict were over in a day or two it wouldn’t matter so much but the costs of the conflict are so great economically, dead soldiers, that people are going to be upset that they’ve been lied to so much.

– Moscow Dan Hoffman

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It is simply not clear to us that there is substantive rationale for it, we will continue to consult with Poland and our other NATO allies about this issue and the difficult logistical challenges it presents, but we do not believe Poland's proposal is a tenable one.

– Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirbydistanced

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Kyrie Irving has his own belief so I respect that. But we have to make a team decision. This isn't a decision about him. This is a decision about where we go as a team, and it's just not tenable for us to have a team with a player that comes in and out, no home games, only away games. What do you do in practice then ? This week we have a whole stretch of six home games, so we won't have Kyrie Irving.

– Brooklyn Nets

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The new law is preposterous, mentally and emotionally ill individuals should be removed from the streets, involuntarily if necessary.They should be placed in high-quality settings, institutional settings if necessary, where they get the shelter, food and care they need.Having drug addicts, a frightful condition, freely injecting drugs and passing out in public is not tenable.

– Barbara Blair

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Suspension is in the best interests of Britney Spears, the current situation is not tenable.

– Judge Brenda Penny

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

And while authoritarian regimes deny access to their networks, they actively reach into others and into ours -- taking advantage of and meddling in more open societies. It's no wonder that some countries are asking whether the principles around which we've organized the internet are still relevant or still tenable.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
2 years ago

John Bolton's priorities and policies just don't line up with the President's and any sitting president has the right to put someone in that position that can carry out his agenda. That became no longer tenable so the President made a change.

– Hogan Gidley

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There is also the so-called liberal idea, which has outlived its purpose, our Western partners have admitted that some elements of the liberal idea, such as multiculturalism, are no longer tenable.

– President Putin

Found on CNN
4 years ago

None of these options is tenable, our county must live within its means.

– President Uhuru Kenyatta

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I hear it said that West Berlin is militarily untenable-and so was Bastogne, and so, in fact, was Stalingrad. Any danger spot is tenable if men-brave men-will make it so.

– John Fitzgerald Kennedy

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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