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Originally Posted by whell
Well, here's another "tool" for you, then. Chuck Hagel's comments:
In an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" from Bagram, Hagel said the prisoner trade could provide a window of opportunity for peace in Afghanistan.
"So maybe this will be a new opening that can produce an agreement," he said, noting that the United States had engaged in talks with the Taliban in the past.
http://news.yahoo.com/hagel-unannoun...114333904.html |
Hagel's correct. The two guys who will be facing each other after Karzai splits (both pro-American and western educated) both said that negotiation with the Taliban were necessary for a lasting peace. A peace treaty, by definition, involves negotiating with the enemy.