half-heartedness

Fear of the Brotherhood lies behind much western half-heartedness in welcoming the new era in Egyptian politics.

Cairo protests:The west has a duty to nurture democracy | Observer editorial 2011

Terrorists the world over will be emboldened by what they see as the West's caprice and half-heartedness.

There Are No Moderate Taliban Massouda Jalal 2011

There is a real and urgent need to shift the debate on Obama's relationship with the black community from private individuals' issues and will-I-or-won't-I half-heartedness about broaching the topic into an actual nuanced strategy that negotiates the fine line between pandering to extremist views and advancing the needs of a black community that is on so many levels seeing its worst days in generations.

Clarence Lusane: Black Infighting Over the Obama Presidency -- Getting Beyond It Clarence Lusane 2011

Much of the debate has revolved around federal spending and budget deficits, although Mr. Pawlenty has devoted a significant part of his stump speech to what he calls Mr. Obama's equivocation, accommodations and half-heartedness on the world stage.

Killing of bin Laden Roils Republican Primary Race Jonathan Weisman 2011

I was out to convince Brown that I was as crazy as he was, and that if I found fault with his plans, it wouldn't be from half-heartedness or lack of abolitionist frenzy.

THE NUMBERS 2010

June has started off with the wait for those changes that pass with an exhausting slowness, with a half-heartedness that makes things worse.

Yoani Sanchez: Cuba: The Physics Are Rarely Wrong 2010

June has started off with the wait for those changes that pass with an exhausting slowness, with a half-heartedness that makes things worse.

Yoani Sanchez: Cuba: The Physics Are Rarely Wrong 2010

My guess is that the content of these announcements and the half-heartedness of the Google deal is for the sake of anti-trust.

I like the Yahoo-Google deal, am I the only one? : #comments 2008

Liberal voices on the left and right, regardless of nationality and faith, must not excuse inhumanity through silence and half-heartedness: Sharia is an attack on Islam, Muslims and enlightened society.

There are moral absolutes: aspects of Sharia are barbaric 2009

Liberal voices on the left and right, regardless of nationality and faith, must not excuse inhumanity through silence and half-heartedness: Sharia is an attack on Islam, Muslims and enlightened society.

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009