Its future hitched to Kenya's by the British at independence in 1963, the region fought a four-year secessionist war, setting the tone for north-east's neglect under successive Kenyan governments.
They are, in ascending order of likelihood: Defeat — the ragtag rebel army vanquishes his army on the battlefield; Departure — Qaddafi is persuaded to flee the country and move to a villa somewhere; and Defection — the people around Qaddafi decide there is no future hitching their wagon to his, and, as a result, the regime falls apart or is overthrown.
After a recent round of promotions, the leadership is fuller than ever with members of the Kim family and his father's inner circle, who now find their futures hitched to someone who needs to build up power and prestige in a hurry.
The future of hitching probably lies with car-sharing organised over the internet, via sites such as hitchhikers.org.org
They were unwilling to hitch their future to a single customer, especially a slow-moving one synonymous with red tape.
NBC hitched its future to cable with the 2004 deal to merge with Vivendi Universal Entertainment — which also gave NBC a big movie studio.
It's also unclear whether Cousins will want to hitch his future to the Redskins, given the history of turmoil and turnover, if playoff contenders dangle offers.
Argentina freed itself of economic chaos by hitching its future to Washington's broad economic vision of free, competitive global markets.
The general consensus seemed to be that "food" -- a word that was already beginning to sound old-fashioned -- was destined to break its surly bonds to Nature, float free of agriculture and hitch its future to Technology.
The morning news show, which has suffered through disappointing ratings since its much heralded premiere in November, has hitched its future in significant ways to both "'Survivor" and "Big Brother".
Those more attuned to the official government position, however, contend that renewable energy is too costly and requires too much land in this crowded country, leaving Japan little choice but to continue hitching its future to atomic energy, with fossil fuels filling any gap.
