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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
Tell me DA....what good would it do to sit down and talk to a group of murderous people? A group that kills anyone that does not believe in what they believe? Unless and until they put down their weapons, there should be no discussions with them.
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So you believe that Kim Jong-Il is negotiating in good faith?
Time magazine article:
http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers...21/nk_vpt.html
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We should be grateful that Kim Jong Il wants to spare us more rounds of the pointless six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program. They might otherwise have dragged on for years as Kim doggedly extracted all the aid and guarantees he wanted in exchange for more empty promises.
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The British used to say that negotiations with the IRA were pointless because they were all murderous letches that could not be trusted. In 2005, after negotiations between the British and the political wing of the the IRA, the IRA disavowed using violence and said that they would put down their weapons.