That position is flawed and counterproductive.

This is false and it could backfire.

Currently, however, it is downright counter productive.

There are no 'adverse effects' that we know of from which the WHO should feel obliged to protect us.

That is a shining example of how supporting separatism has a boomerang effect and ultimately winds up supporting terrorism.

Calling for national elections, while politically correct, was political suicide, for he lacked any idea of the possible outcome and did very little to ensure the discipline of Fatah.

On the other hand, setting the rule of law standard too high will also misfire.

This is a strategy that risks backfiring, because it misunderstands the dynamics of international politics.

The midday meal scheme itself has been trashed in India and abroad as wasteful and counter productive.

In addition, a limited sampling strategy risks missing relevant information and may even be counter productive.

In that regard, Japan commended the inclusion of UNHCR in UNDG, which had produced fruitful results.

Sixth, some extreme political conservatives, especially in the United States, hyped gold in ways that ended up being counterproductive.

The continued unwillingness of the Kosovo Serbs to do that is worrying, counterproductive for themselves and unhelpful for the process.

However, that has now backfired, since the Sadrists are the only group other than Maliki s coalition of Shia parties that supports him.

The linkage seen between the implementation of the North South Peace Agreement and the resolution of the conflict in Darfur was irrelevant and counterproductive.

It s reverse racism against whites.

While this may be useful in some situations, the general application of this in all situations, would, in our view, be counter productive.

The reaction of the blogosphere was swift. Maribel Hastings wrote for the blog Latinovations that, according to her, law SB 1070 will be counterproductive for the Arizona population

And, while this may seem justified by a noble goal, such policy by panic tactics rarely work, and often backfire.

In normal times, any effort by a central bank to take short term interest rates too low for too long will boomerang.

This is counterproductive.

Unfortunately, the response of the Russian Foreign Ministry, calling the resolution of the Parliament of Georgia provocative and counter productive , indicates that there is no political will to defreeze the conflict resolution process.

Despite all of the above mentioned we still believe that there is no military solution on the contrary, we are confident that it is counterproductive.

He gave his life for his country.

This time, however, the plan backfired.

To many observers in Russia, however, the regime s post electoral offensive against unfriendly forces seems certain to be counterproductive in the longer term.

In some cases, show elections can backfire against the party in power, especially if the regime believe they are popular enough to win without coercion or fraud.

Sami gave Layla an injection.

Although a tax increase will undoubtedly be needed, it is the wrong priority at the moment and could prove counter productive if it causes the economy to decline dramatically.

It is with sadness that we note the futile effort of our negotiating partner to keep an agenda item alive by transferring its consideration to the sixtieth session, which is both pointless and counterproductive.

In order to avoid counterproductive or negative consequences occurring as a result of sanctions, they should be resorted to only after all means of peaceful settlement of disputes had been exhausted and in accordance with the provisions of the Charter and international law.

As a result, the entire discussion could easily backfire.

The boss gave us all a day off.

Tom gave the police a false address.

Tom gave Mary the wrong key.

This person rated it a two.

Club gave the song a mixed review.

Like aging magicians, they still try tricks that used to impress, but that fail to deliver results or, worse, prove counterproductive.

What does not help and in fact backfires is for outsiders to view the political crisis of Middle Eastern societies as the result of an Islamist secularist divide.

But his tactic could easily backfire.

He gave his blood to help his sister.

He gave each of them a pencil.

He gave the series four stars out of four.

To many observers in Russia, however, the regime s post electoral offensive against unfriendly forces seems certain to be counterproductive in the longer term. They may be right.

In fact, some statistical analyses of the correlation between inequality and social conflict conclude that there may even be an inverse relationship societies that are more unequal tend to show less conflict, because the rich are better able to control the poor.