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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
Well, it was a kind of ridiculous statement.
One party negotiated with another party and it ended up in a World War.
Therefore no party should ever negotiate with any other party ever.
I'm not saying that anybody should be inviting the Taliban to a negotiating table. I'm saying that dismissing any type of negotiation, ever, based on Chamberlain/Hitler is foolish. Which is what Jetsfan seemed to be insinuating.
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Flames in 07: You are against negotiating with China, North Korea, Nigeria...? Hell, it was by negotiation with a government that didn't respect human rights that ended aparthied in South Africa.
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Well, fair enough, but I didn't get that from his post. I'll let him clarify himself. I do believe that the civilized world is facing a different, albeit just as dangerous, threat as last faced in WW2 - which was my point.