But I have been the nicest, easiest-to-get-along-with person I've known for a lot of my life, which does not make confrontation, change, or anything that could cause conflict easy for me.
Whether the latest confrontation will change the regime's policies towards democratisation is doubtful.
"Our leader is convinced the ultimate goal of the U.S. is to foil our spirit of confrontation and change our behavior," Mr. Mousavi said.
Stavrellis was initially pessimistic about the final outcome of the confrontation but changed his mind after watching how rapidly the movement had grown.
These commentators share another common view: long-standing support for a more belligerent posture toward Iran, including military confrontation, regime change, or both.
"It's not really about the chess, but you've got to get the detail right," she said, summing up the layered nature of Matt Charman's play, which uses a famed man-vs.-machine match to explore how two driven individuals came to face each other in an existential confrontation that changed both lives.
This, however, is not the first confrontation over the changes in the land.
While the commissioners were able to forestall a major confrontation, no substantial changes were made, and the disputes between the two colonies would continue for the next fifty years.
Instead of confrontation and radical change, he stressed the need for cooperation and patience to cope with the economic crisis.
Relations with China have taken on new importance with the economic crisis, a confrontation over climate change and arms sales to Taiwan.
