Not because of bureaucratic snarls.
Syrian officials and Damascus' chief rabbi have insisted that there has been no policy change, just bureaucratic snarls.
Long promised deliveries of trucks, radios and body armor to Iraqi security forces are mired in bureaucratic snarls, undermining American credibility.
Neveah's birth also caused a bureaucratic snarl.
Teaching them in New York - with its bureaucratic snarls and multifarious school population - can be just plain overwhelming.
And their integration into society has been delayed by bureaucratic snarls and personal crises as traditional social structures break apart.
The Bush Administration's initial response appears to have been slowed by bureaucratic snarls and legal concerns.
Some companies dropped out, rather than confront the bureaucratic snarl.
There was talk of bureaucratic snarls with community partners, as they're called in the League, and of ways it could better serve them.
Some initiatives have also faced opposition from the airlines or been slowed by bureaucratic snarls.