It strips the FARC of all credibility in terms of their supposed will to make peace. You can't have peace with crimes like this.

The next president is going to find a country in complete ruins. Colombia has to be rebuilt from scratch.

Sharon had the personal credibility to take the next steps toward peace, similar to the way we talk about Nixon going to China. He was really one of the few people on the current Israeli scene with that level of credibility.

Everyone who comes out of the process clean will have that much more credibility,

To preserve and build on the credibility we already enjoy, we will need to continue to respond to changing economic conditions in a way that confirms our commitment to low inflation,

Whoever the successor is, he will inherit a complex situation and serious credibility problem.