tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post8170454498017650297..comments2024-03-28T09:38:52.661-04:00Comments on thwap's schoolyard: No Matter How Thin You Slice It, It's Still Baloney!!!thwaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-2122230056361558502010-02-13T12:43:35.333-05:002010-02-13T12:43:35.333-05:00And as we begin the biggest surge evah...
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&...And as we begin the biggest surge evah...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50237" rel="nofollow">IPS</a> :<br />"If peace talks do ultimately begin between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the Taliban leadership, they may well follow a "road map" to a political settlement drawn up by a group of ex-Taliban officials who have been serving as intermediaries between the two sides.<br /><br />The immediate concern of the mediating team is that the United States will block political moves toward a settlement. <br /><br />"I don't understand U.S. policy," Rahmani said. "Sometimes they say 'we will negotiate with the Taliban, and sometimes they say 'we must destroy them'." <br /><br />The United States has refused in the past to provide assurances that Taliban officials would be given safe passage to participate in negotiations in Kabul. The mediation team is now suggesting that negotiations should take place outside Afghanistan."Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-67922219428818587732010-02-12T16:06:10.605-05:002010-02-12T16:06:10.605-05:00The mentality that the "enemy" must be k...The mentality that the "enemy" must be killed is yet another result of dehumanization. The fact that they aren't considered human enough to be negotiated with (until the crap hits the fan) is depressing.no_blah_blah_blahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487214918800237116noreply@blogger.com