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The more permanent the government, the more likely rival tribes, ethnic groups and factions will be to seek to negotiate their place in the pecking order, rather than fight for supremacy in a civil war.
The process has not yet moved to the sharp end, because the balance between frontbench spots allocated to MPs from the right and left factions will be contingent on the final fall of the seats.
But if Kerry does not ascend to the presidency, and Democrats fail to make significant gains in Congress, then the party and its various factions will be as close to debilitating disunity and outright irrelevance as they have been in almost a century.
Bringing peace to Congo, which is huge, distant, thickly jungled and home to dozens of warring factions, will be harder.
The creation of peace among different ethnic Afghan factions will be a great U.S. contribution to Afghan society and to regional stability.
"The factions will be committed to the lull as long as Israel is," Mr. Bardaweel said.
There are also rumours that another round of talks between all the Palestinian factions will be held soon in Cairo.
But many observers wonder whether the rival factions will be able to pull together in the interests of Africa's youngest nation.
Certain factions will be waging a vendetta that dates to 1992, when Ms. Zambello, then a rising international star, came before the Met audience for the first time, directing Donizetti's bel canto evergreen "Lucia di Lammermoor".
A mutual desire to avoid a crippling government shutdown led Democrats and Republicans to scratch their way toward a deal this time, but the far more difficult task of reducing government spending in a legislature divided not by political parties but by ideological factions will be far more difficult, especially as the 2012 election edges closer.
