There was a real sense of solidarity among the neighboring states, a desire to see this work and send a signal to all the Afghan factions that they were no longer to receive assistance if they did not adopt this accord.

I have never seen such solidarity. It was a consistently united voice.

We have always stated our desire to do a long-term contract with the Colts, or work out a trade.

Solidarity is what we all must together work to achieve. I can't imagine a better proclamation for today.

We're going to have to face the fact that there are strong centrifugal forces in Iraq that have the potential of tearing the country apart.

Voters are not looking for creative, forward-looking candidates, they are looking for people who they think can protect them. They fall back on the familiar and the powerful. The same thing happened in postwar Bosnia, where the parties that fed the conflict in the first place got most of the vote.