No matter how much you may accomplish in the country, examples abound of companies like BYD and Geely that seemingly come out of nowhere to become very big, very fast, and which make any achievement pale by comparison.

FORBES: BYD and Geely Hit Potholes

Can there be any doubt that, under such circumstances, the costs he will be able to inflict in a future crisis will make those we must face today pale by comparison?

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

It contains sweeping environmental obligations that make those entailed in the Kyoto accords pale by comparison - especially insofar as the Law of the Sea Tribunal has established that it believes its jurisdiction extends to activities on land and in the air if they might affect the world's oceans.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: LOST approval urged by global goverment advocates

Neither Dennis Kloske nor Sam Gejdenson objected to this action, even though its strategic consequences are likely to make those precipitated by ill-advised sales to Saddam Hussein pale by comparison.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Dangerous Trade