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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
Did you read the first paragraph? 
"U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus said on Wednesday that negotiations with some members of the Taliban could provide a way to reduce violence in sections of Afghanistan gripped by an intensifying insurgency. " |
Yeah i read the article, reuters has a better in depth article on this very issue that clearly states as well as it being US policy that they would have to reconciliation with the Afghanistan goverment before we ever sat down at the table.
This is the same foreign policy thats been on the news for 6 years, nothing new here. Its the same tactic we used with the The Afghan Northern Alliance, or United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan and it worked out like a charm.
Same plan, same tactic...reconciliation with the Afghanistan goverment first.