61.   America cannot expect that all its future conflicts will be as casualty free as those of the past decade.

62.   An Israeli-Arab member of Parliament, Abdel Wahab Saraushe, said the conflict was the expression of a greater frustration.

63.   And conflicts are bound to continue.

64.   And for the moment Tokyo is apparently hoping the conflict can be resolved privately before it becomes a high-profile political issue back home.

65.   And the conflict is increasingly evident in China itself.

66.   And there are real conflicts.

67.   And when they hit the slopes, conflict is inevitable.

68.   And while war, at least for now, appears to have been averted, it is not clear how the political conflict can be resolved.

69.   Apparently there were no conflicts.

70.   As Americans fight the war against terrorism, we assure ourselves that this conflict is completely different from the one we carried out a generation ago in Southeast Asia.