It could be that traders and investors are just sick and tired of trying to assess the whole situation.

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By 2008 Americans will be tired of President Bush and sick of Republicans.

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If they stay in place, that means instead of dismantling the infrastructure of militant organizations, they will be backed by thousands of young men, who are desperate and who are sick and tired with the Israeli occupation and with the international community.

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