at the time , abu kamal 's widow stated Statement the shooting Use_firearm spree was not politically motivated , but rooted in his despondency over financial ruin Destroying .

Writing Writing several years later , Winston Churchill—who had been First Lord of the Admiralty—expressed the opinion that by forcing Hostile_encounter Turkey into the war the `` Goeben '' had brought Bringing `` more slaughter , more misery , and more ruin Destroying than has ever before been borne Bringing within the compass of a ship . ''

Mexico 's worsened domestic turmoil and losses of life , territory and national prestige left Placing it in what prominent Mexicans called a `` state of degradation and ruin '' .

She defended Defending herself well against the prosecution Legality , but she claimed Statement on the second day of her hearing Criminal_investigation that she possessed direct personal revelation Reveal_secret from God , and she prophesied Statement ruin Destroying upon the colony .