There wasn't a next exit. The roads were all closed off.

We are not asking that roads be closed; we are not asking that sidewalks be closed; we are not asking for additional police protection,

All the roads in Baghdad are closed, so he figured he'd probably spend his last night at the airport before flying to Kuwait, then to Fort Benning (in Georgia) and then to New York City. He thinks he'll be home by next weekend, after he's debriefed about the war.

If we're not going to build more roads, we've got to relieve congestion somehow.

How you leave the reader is so important - not the climax; I call it the 'exit feeling'.

I was surprised. He came in, he closed the door. ... It became pretty apparent once he started (talking) that he was heading down that path.