The bleak assessment came as government and rebel forces were locked in sustained battle, particularly to the south of Damascus, where in recent days the airport has been caught up in fighting for the capital's suburbs and has been closed to civilian flights for days at a time.
But what happens when all these corporations find themselves fighting for scarce capital with Uncle Sam?
At the same time, politicians are fighting for what little political capital they have left after two years of austerity has drained them of popular support.
Just as the Administration expects Latino voters to deliver for the President's re-election, so do Latino voters expect the President and his Administration to deliver on their promises--to focus enforcement resources on those committing serious crimes and to spend political capital fighting for immigration reform.
All three men are now in a hospital in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, and one is fighting for his life.
At its end the political rally had descended into violent confrontation, with security forces and protesters fighting for control of the streets of the Thai capital.
Given the growing rivalry, and Brown's almost inevitable need to scramble for equity capital, Halo could soon find itself fighting for its life all over again.
Jundallah, which says it is fighting for greater autonomy for Baluchis in Iran and Pakistan, bombed a Shiite mosque in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan-Baluchistan, in May, killing 25 people.
Barry pointed to the irony that the United States is fighting for democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan "when we don't have democracy here in the nation's capital".
Officially, the SPLA has always been fighting for a united, secular and democratic Sudan, but one that would give the regions autonomy from the capital.
Public policy changes are important, but the social capital gap cannot be addressed by simply raising the minimum wage or limiting immigration or even fighting for racial equality.
