Absolutely, it's a Sunni area. So the key here, once Ramadi is taken that you have the Sunni tribal fighters, Sunni police in there patrolling the city.

To the extent people can't solve a problem, they tend to ignore the problem.

Well, Ramadi is a provincial capital of Anbar province. It's a sprawling city west of Baghdad. It's a poor city, endless cinderblock houses and high-rises almost as far as the eye can see.

The U.N. is asking Italy to oversee this effort. And if a government is formed, you're likely to see up to 5,000 Italian troops maybe go in to provide security and also train a Libyan army.

A quotation can often give the best advice.

It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.

As in, I wouldn't know normal if it marched up and poked me in the eye.

I think to be creative you have to resist taking the easy path.

I had a wonderful contact, especially with Uncle Bert who was an angel and led the whole group over to my side of a steep ravine I could not cross to get over to them

The individual serves the planning system not by supplying it with savings and the resulting capital; he serves it far more by consuming its products.

Apparently, I get facials and manicures all the time. I read this and think, 'Oh, I wish I did that!' I don't think I've had a facial since I was 19.

I almost went to bed without remembering the four white violets I put in the button-hole of your green sweater and how i kissed you then and you kissed me shy as though I’d never been your lover

Bookshops are infested with ideas. Books are quivering, murmuring creatures.

Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.