61.   The poorly trained and badly motivated Dutch conscript troops proved no match for the guerrillas although the war dragged on for four years until Indonesia became free.

62.   The rights advocate said it was not clear to him whether the administration might decide to toughen its stand if the war in Chechnya drags on.

63.   Previously, Moscow had insisted on keeping two brigades of troops in Chechnya permanently, something the Chechens said would make the war drag on.

64.   The longer the war has dragged on, the more international outrage has grown.