Then the allies, including the new team in Washington, will respond, as they must, with air strikes against targets that he values more.

But unless we share the risk, our allies will not so easily respond to American leadership.

It was not immediately clear how the other Western allies would respond to today's announcement, or if each would now act independently.

The agency's allies responded with outrage at the supposed insult.

Washington and its allies responded by setting up a militarily protected Kurdish enclave in the north.

The allies, however, still responded without any real sense of urgency.

Not good enough, Washington and its allies responded.

It is unclear how the allies would respond to such moves.

The Bush administration and its allies responded by cutting off oil shipments.

It was unclear how the Administration and its allies would respond if the deadline passed without a settlement.