He did that alright – they are &%$#." The pair supposedly made up at last year's Ryder Cup after a long-standing enmity and what this controversy will do for their relationship remains to be seen.
In the ensuing war, Ms. Cruz defended Mr. Purcell, drawing what would be the lasting enmity of a group of investment bankers that opposed Mr. Purcell.
"Our critics and the people who love the ABM Treaty probably have trouble accepting the idea that that is a framework of mutual enmity, but that's what it reflects," Paul D. Wolfowitz, the deputy secretary of defense, said in an interview.
For all the official enmity, if not hatred, what is most puzzling is to observe the many ways in which the countries are currently alike.
What has hurt most, however, is the enmity of Yasuo Fukuda, the chief cabinet secretary.
"I don't know what I ever did to earn their enmity," he muses.
Reflecting the depth of enmity between the countries, and what appears to be a growing personal animosity between the leaders, Prime Minister Vajpayee dismissed General Musharraf's promise out of hand.
"Peace, peace, and not in enmity with anyone – that's what I want," a young woman told me in the long queue of voters outside the Hoseiniyeh Ershad mosque in Nnorth Tehran on Friday.
What's more, all the traditional tribal enmities come to the surface.
As the Soviet Union fought on despite German expectations, and as Moscow was supported by Great Britain and the United States in what became a world war, the complexion of enmity changed again.
