Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 43 rhetoric 40 hard liners 39 criticism 39 fiery rhetoric 38 veiled criticism 37 rebuke 37 denunciations 37 counteroffensive 37 denunciation 37 barbs 36 hardliners 36 allies 36 denouncement 36 conciliatory 36 broadsides 36 saber rattling 35 predecessor George W. 35 naval exercises 35 confrontation 35 remarks 35 struck conciliatory tone 35 bellicose rhetoric 35 critics 35 frosty relations 35 vehemence 35 inflammatory rhetoric 34 heighten tensions 34 ease tensions 34 criticisms 34 tensions 34 defuse tensions 34 diatribe 33 detente 33 salvos 33 counterpunch 33 critiques 33 hardline 33 tamp down 33 vitriol 33 invective 33 confrontations 33 populist rhetoric 32 unusually harsh 32 riposte 32 President Alvaro Uribe 32 finger pointing 32 conciliatory gestures 32 heightened tensions 32 hostility toward 32 President Hugo Chavez 32 President Barack Obama 32 tirades 32 anger 32 naval drills 32 rhetorical 32 olive branch 32 heightening tensions 32 rapprochement 32 provocations 32 conciliatory gesture 32 mend ties 32 jabs 32 pointedly 32 rebuking 32 scolding 32 verbal jabs 31 normalizing relations 31 deflect criticism 31 chiding 31 rancor 31 backpedaling 31 barb 31 Criticisms 31 Criticism 31 counterattack 31 mea culpa 31 debate 31 fence mending 31 stance 31 belligerence 31 escalating tensions 31 hostility 31 pre emptive strikes 31 confrontational 31 condemnations 31 conciliatory tone 31 verbal assaults 31 angering 31 contretemps 31 nuclear ambitions 31 salvo 31 retort 31 vitriolic 31 sharp rebuke 31 retaliatory 31 stump speech 30 provoking 30 volleys 30 closest ally 30 diatribes 30 stances