I'm bogged down.

Otherwise, we could get bogged down in a routine and the Millennium Development Goals would not be achieved.

People are simply frustrated because the crisis has bogged down and because they are suffering on account of this.

There is a fear that it will be bogged down in temporary, interim phases or a State with provisional borders.

Nonetheless, the more the occupation endured, the more Israel became increasingly bogged down in the quagmire of the south which became an inferno to it.

That is a very large mandate, and we hope the commission will not become excessively bogged down in a detailed historical search for root causes in the course of Burundi's history.

And, with America bogged down in Iraq, Russian President Vladimir Putin has resurrected Soviet style bullying tactics. Would Russia otherwise have dared to threaten to re direct its nuclear missiles at European cities?

But there is a need still for a certain amount of monarchy, a certain amount of sometimes we have to make a decision, and we don't want to get bogged down too heavily in formal decision making processes.

For example, it is now well understood and approved by voters that, come April 2017, my government will raise the consumption tax. Until then, we will no longer be bogged down in debating the merits of this decision.

A quarter century later, President George H.W. Bush, considering how best to roll back Iraq s invasion of Kuwait, drew an analogy with Vietnam, where the absence of an exit strategy had caused US forces to get bogged down.

But we know for sure that what we want to do today is take one child at a time, not get bogged with numbers, and actually see the child complete the circle of life, and unleash his total potential.

With support from the civilian population, as well as from the Mukti Bahini, an irregular army of Bengali rebels, the Indian army swept into East Pakistan. Nixon was too bogged down in Vietnam to do more than issue threats.

However, in tackling this sensitive issue, in this and future sessions, the Conference would be wise to learn from the lessons of the recent past so as to avoid being bogged down in similar problems faced during the CTBT negotiations.

And yet, at its 60th anniversary, Israel stands at a crossroads. Indeed, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has warned of the end of the Jewish state if the country remains bogged down in the occupied territories and a Palestinian state is not established.

Unfortunately, and we deeply regret this, the Conference on Disarmament seems to have become bogged down since the opening of this session in sterile considerations which have little to do with this body apos s wholly justified solid reputation of effectiveness and seriousness.

Wen, who had been bogged down by the bureaucracy, had been seeking to counter it by expanding the media s openness and transparency. He had sought to take advantage of the Beijing Olympics to give the foreign media unprecedented freedom, but the bureaucrats succeeded in reversing his decision.

True, bureaucratic rules are not nearly as constraining as they were during the pre 1991 license raj. But business activity remains bogged down by myriad restrictions and a frustratingly slow judicial system, which, together with a complex system of price subsidies, encourage widespread corruption at every level of government.

Regardless of how they handle their current difficulties, Europe and America will emerge with high debt, low growth rates, and contentious domestic politics. Even in the best case scenario, in which the euro remains intact, Europe will be bogged down with the demanding task of rebuilding its frayed union.

if we allow ourselves to be bogged down by arguments of who will do or deserves what, we may lose sight of the more fundamental issue of a firm or formal decision on the principle of expansion. Let us have no illusions. The matter has not been decided yet. It is, today, possible to push through that principle.

Whereas Asia played an important role in a US presidential election campaign that was marked by often heated references to China s rise, the Middle East has kept the US bogged down for decades. In addition to the eternal Israel Palestine conflict, Iraq s instability, the Arab Spring, Syria s civil war, and the ongoing nuclear standoff with Iran all demand America s attention.

Not only has Bush destroyed Iran s most formidable enemy and bogged down US troops in a hopeless cause he also has enriched energy abundant Iran and Russia by pursuing a war that has dramatically raised energy prices. High crude oil prices make it easier for Iran to build nuclear weapons and for Russia to use energy blackmail to threaten Europe.

President Lyndon Johnson, when deciding to escalate US intervention in Vietnam, drew an analogy with Munich, when the failure to respond to Hitler s aggression had catastrophic consequences. A quarter century later, President George H.W. Bush, considering how best to roll back Iraq s invasion of Kuwait, drew an analogy with Vietnam, where the absence of an exit strategy had caused US forces to get bogged down.

In this climate, Dutch Prime Minister Peter Balkenende, still bogged down in his country s no vote on the EU s draft constitutional treaty in 2005, has been seeking to win British, Czech, and Polish support for measures to make it possible to diminish the EU s areas of responsibility. Indeed, he may not even object to ruining the EU s entire legislative engine by granting national parliaments a veto.

It could, in effect, pave the way for the new Obama administration to convene an international conference to implement the two state solution for Palestine, which should follow the ceasefire. Such initiatives should not become bogged down in tortuous negotiations, but should focus on implementing the basic principles for a two state solution, along the lines proposed by the Clinton administration before it left office eight years ago.