re: #125 akak

Petraeus proposes talking to Bathiists, Taliban why would he not do the same with Hamas or Hezbashitzah.

He’s way above my pay grade, so I won’t criticise too much - worked well
in Iraq. Think Iraq issue is still a powder keg though because it doesn’t yet deal with Islam. A jihadi with any sense would lay low until Bush is gone.

Baathists and Taliban were organized political parties, and “made the trains run on time” to use the analogy.
Hamas and Hizbullah visibly cross the dotted line into religion world, and, at best, are anarchists.