11.   Coalitions have to rule and these involve dozens of smaller, state parties who often refuse to allow ideology to interfere with their horse trading.

12.   Even after the settlement, according to Cherner, the coalition had to agree to buy any ad space canceled because of the parody ads.

13.   For starters, both coalitions have a leadership problem.

14.   Had the coalition parties yielded and drawn a deputy speaker from the opposition in the first place, the scenario might have been different.

15.   Keith, the coalition spokesman, said British policy is to refuse to comment on military operations, but he said the coalition has no military objectives within Pakistan.

16.   No single party was able to win a majority of parliamentary seats so a coalition will have to be formed by two or three parties.

17.   Since then, the coalition has had an increase in requests from Catholic high schools and church groups for speakers and information on the death penalty.

18.   So to be viable, any future coalition would have to include non-Taliban Pashtun representatives.

19.   Still, this coalition has yet to launch an offensive on those fronts.