It sends an alarming message to wavering Europeans itching to pull out and to Afghans wondering whether to throw their lot in with the government or with the insurgents.
America has a huge retail and institutional investor base for such companies, with armies of clever analysts and investors willing to throw money at promising ideas and pull it out of others.
Anyone who watched the frigid reception given Jeb Bush in response to his attempt to present serious issues for review and consideration would have every reason to throw away the speech prepared for the grown-ups and pull out the collection of laugh lines they had tucked into the briefcase on the way to the convention.
Michael Carter-Williams hit a 3-pointer with 1 second left to pull the Orange within 73-71, but Vander Blue hit a free throw with two-tenths of a second to go.