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Agreed, Harry. In kidnapping situations, ‘no
negotiations’ probably means that future kidnappings will be fewer. But the Bush administration and the
Israelis use the phrase not to refer to kidnappings in particular, but the
matters of negotiating peace with militant groups. I wish both those
governments knew enough to make the distinction that you, correctly IMO, make. Cheers, Lawry From:
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On Behalf Of Harry Pollard Chris
and Lawry, We are
mixing apples and The “no negotiation” applies to specific
instances - such as kidnapping. The argument - surely a good one - is that
negotiating the release of a victim merely encourages more kidnapping. No negotiation
might mean fewer kidnaps. This is
very different from (say) negotiating a peace. Harry ******************************* of 818 352-4141 ******************************* > -----Original
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2005 4:32 PM >
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Subject: [Futurework] Re: “you can’t
negotiate with terrorists” > > > > The
> is > > fundamentally
wrong, as the long history of such successful > > negotiations
shows. > > This
assumes that successful negotiations are the goal. Wrong > assumption. > > Who wants
successful negotiations—i.e. a peaceful solution—when > the > bogeymen
of terrorism are _needed_ (not
only “wanted” ;-} ) to > “justify” > domestic
Orwellian measures, booming armaments & “security” > industry > sales ( > are > either
with us or with the bogeymen, forget neutrality) ? > > Plus, the
bogeymen help to deflect global attention from the > environment, > sweatshops,
social decay, Codex Alimentarius etc. etc.—it all > becomes > unimportant
if you have to think of your bare survival in the bus. > > So
perhaps the question is: Can you, as a voter, negotiate with state > terrorists
? > > Chris > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > SpamWall:
Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the > keyword > “igve”. > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework
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