The German press was far more pessimistic, warning of severe consequences and even of another global economic crisis.
There may not be much choice, given Colin Powell's pessimistic warning to Congress yesterday that no allies want to help us pick up the tab for rebuilding a country full of people who revile us.
But the sheer number of warning signs means that a more pessimistic take on the news is also plausible -- and one the law's defenders cannot afford to ignore.
They have turned pessimistic, however, over the last few weeks, as earnings warnings have increased.
Command officials had initially been pessimistic about the possibility of moving the rig on Sunday, with gale warnings in effect for the area, about 300 miles south of Anchorage.
His Satyry albo przestrogi do naprawy rządu i obyczajów w Polszcze należące (1650; "Satires or Warnings on the Reform of the Government and Customs in Poland") is bitter, pessimistic, and wide-ranging.
The Washington-based fund accepted that its warning of a post-Brexit vote financial crash had proved too pessimistic.
Warnings that 65,000 people in the UK could die in a worst case scenario proved far too pessimistic, and the actual death toll during the outbreak was 457.
In a blunt and often pessimistic assessment of climate-change impacts - the fifth assessment since 1990 - the IPCC scientists give a stark warning about what the world should expect if global temperatures continue to rise as predicted without mitigation or adaptation.
