"We Will Not Negotiate With Terrorists" ...... Really?

[ThomWV]

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5203A5DA-64C3-4F74-A236-8EF65FEE30C4.htm

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Zalmay Khalilzad, the ambassador, said on Sunday that US officials were involved in talks with rebel fighters, the day after he vowed that the US would not keep permanent bases in Iraq.

And with victorious parties yet to agree on the government's makeup after December's election, Khalilzad said he opposed sensitive portfolios going to "sectarian" politicians and lamented allegedly Shia-led death squads.

"We have dialogue with the gunmen who want the interests of Iraq and the good of the country," he told the pan-Arab Al-Hayat newspaper."

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[bryant69]

1. This is simply explained

Any terrorist we happen to negotiate is no longer a terrorist. If they were a terrorist, we would not negotiate with them. We are negotiating with them, there fore they cannot be terrorists.

Bryant
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[baldguy]

2. Employees negotiate with employers, not with co-workers.

[RufusEarl]

3. Someone needs to tell George,

it doesn't work unless you close your eyes.