Condi Rice should impress upon her European interlocutors that neither we nor they any longer have the luxury of waging this war in a half-hearted and irresolute fashion .

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Get serious

In such conflicts, both sides are compelled by the fear of appearing weak or irresolute to not only match, but to raise, the level of pressure or threat against the other in recurring rounds of provocation and response, and to never back down.

FORBES: Connect