Mr. MALLEY: Well, it certainly sounds like war, and I'm sure that for the people on the ground, whether in Lebanon or in Israel it's feeling very much like war, when you have a naval and sea blockade, when you have air strikes, when you have katyusha rockets fired into Israel.

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Today it became clear that the feeling is very much mutual.

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You just can't escape the feeling, however, that the cart is moving very much in one direction - and that's towards some pretty fundamental change.

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He adds that he also has an iPhone, but you get the feeling that his collection of electronic gadgets does not extend very much beyond this.

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Manning says he is feeling much better, and besides Denver and Arizona, Kansas City, Miami and Seattle are said to be very intrigued.

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