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Originally Posted by highthief
It's idiotic to say "Never negotiate with terrorists" - do you think there would be peace in places like Northern Ireland without negotiation
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That's an excellent point, and a connection I never drew. Thinking about it more, I wonder if radical organizations would be less radical if they were treated like human being with real problems. It still stands to reason that if radical organization b sees that radical organization a is getting what they want after committing an illegal attack, and could be tempted to follow a similar path, but nothing in the world works better on radicals than helping them fix their or our problems. In the case presented above, however, the Taliban were and are being stupid. NK was about to withdraw. They were going to take their 200 soldiers, pack it up and head home. This was well published in major news sources, and one would assume it was well known in Afghanistan. Honestly, the kidnapping will actually make it more likely that more troops will be in Afghanistan.
The paranoid side of me wonders if this really is about withdrawal.