"It's unthinkable that we would be there alone, and we have been working to strengthen the quantitative and international aspect of the mission in Lebanon."

"It's unthinkable that we would be there alone, and we have been working to strengthen the quantitative and international aspect of the mission in Lebanon."
Italian Premier Romano Prodi
Expressing frustration about efforts to raise the troops mandated by a U.N. resolution that ended 34 days of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah militants.
"What Hurricane Katrina did was sweep into our consciousness those people we have tried to force into oblivion."
Professor Michael Eric Dyson
Of the University of Pennsylvania, at a panel discussion in advance of the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.