I know what I am talking about, as my country has been painfully confronting the dark aspects of its recent history.

But in hotspots of local friction over the issue, others said the country might finally confront a complicated problem.

During this period the country was also confronting boundary disputes with five of its neighbors.

East European countries are confronting the recipe problem, with serious tensions in Poland.

In recent days, several European countries have directly confronted that reality.

The two countries have confronted each other over tense cease-fire lines ever since.

"I said, 'Why don't you let the country confront its collective past.' "

"The developed countries should confront their historical responsibilities and high level per-capita emissions."

Above all, they say, the country is confronting a moral crisis more severe than any it has ever faced before.

But one great country is not confronting its problems.