Although there is a general feeling of apprehension, I don't think it has reached a stage of panic.

Whether both sides have genuinely reached a stage that they think they need to talk to each other, I don't know.

It has not reached the stage where I think 'hey I am not as good as these youngsters'. I want to be competing at the top and not just a run of the mill driver.

Panic and terror aren't the only kinds of fear. There are deeper kinds, more terrible kinds. Apprehension and heavy, heavy dread.

I think there is a general feeling that there must be some sort of U.N. presence,

If you don't doubt it, be 'bout it. Intuition is soul's watchman.