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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: JohnM who wrote (32149)6/11/2002 8:47:36 PM
From: chalu2  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
I think you miss a third possibility, and that is the fear that negotiating at the point of a gun encourages terrorists to engage in more terror, because of the view that "terrorism works."

I agree that you negotiate an end to a war with your enemy, but usually the enemy is a government able to deliver peace. What if you are negotiating with a "governmental" group unable to deliver peace, as it lacks control over militant guerilla groups who will not give up the fight?

In such a case, is there a point to negotiating with fewer than all combatants?
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