As regards the broader conflict I assure you that our generals are not standing still.

The incidents along the 1,400-mile border are sideshows in the broader conflict that continued with a third day of American air raids.

These clashes are part of a broader national conflict.

It can lead to factions forming around the disputing parties and also to broad civil conflict.

It is too late for this administration to try to sell us a longer, broader conflict.

Obama's second "false choice," between his neat and limited war and a broader conflict, has an artificial quality, too.

But they too wonder whether a broader conflict might have accidental benefits.

We believe that "localized tensions have tended to deteriorate into broader conflict."

Abortion, for instance, has for decades been portrayed as a broad conflict pitting rights against life.

Yes, a just resolution to the broader conflict is possible - but only within the confines of international law.