re: #354 iossarian

So pursue a Good Friday agreement with the Taliban then. Split off a reasonable negotiating group and leave the rest to self-destruct.

Obviously it isn’t an easy process. Those who followed the Northern Ireland process will know that it takes a long time and there are many setbacks to be overcome.

But McGuinness ran the IRA, who assassinated the Queen’s cousin. So I don’t think it’s an unreasonable comparison. And he is involved in a political process that includes Ian Paisley and his ilk.

Reasonable points. I think you need something to set a Good Friday like agreement in motion. What that is I haven’t a clue. You need reasonable men on both sides. Take, John Hume on the republican and David Trimble on the unionist side in the NI case. You need guys like that. I don’t know if there is anyone like that in the Taliban. Plus, I think Afghanistan is a different situation from Northern ireland.in that the Taliban unlike Sinn Fein and the IRA had power in the country. It’s a tough situation and I hope peace can be achieved.