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Diplomacy?

Does anybody actually believe that any terroist group will negotiate in good faith?

Or will they just take everything they can get and go right right back to blowing people up?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    You are correct. The fact is that any group has a terrorist wing will have a hard time playing by the rules. If you look at the situation in Northern Ireland, you still have signs that things could fly off the rails at any moment. Yassir Arafat tried going legit at one point. The Israelis were paying him to keep the Palestinians in line. Once it became clear he might be assasinated, he got back in the terrorism biz. You'd have to have a dictator in your hip pocket to clamp down on the terrorists. Trouble is, they don't always keep their end of the bargain. (Saddam, Noriega, etc) That's when you have them overthrown and install a new puppet. People will scream about human rights, but keeping the terrorist down is far better for the US than worrying about human rights and allowing terrorists free reign.

  • 1 decade ago

    These groups have done so in the past and they would again. Are you getting your knowledge on these groups from what the president says, or what Faux news says? Read a little history on Hezbollah, on hamas, on the Ira, on the PLO and you will see that these groups have made treaties and often - as was the case with Hezbollah- they're not the ones who broke the treaties.

    I don't believe in their causes but I don't subscribe to the sheep mentality that brands all groups who oppose us as terrorists.

    Source(s): prayer + research
  • 1 decade ago

    If diplomacy worked, the Israelis, Palestinians, Lebanese and Syrians, would all be holding hands and singing Kumbaya.

    Source(s): History
  • 1 decade ago

    Consider this: when we weren't bothering them all they did was plot to kill as many innocent people as possible

    since we started slaughtering them they want to call a truce, meanwhile still spewing out 'convert or die' messages

    do you REALLY think they'll honor anything or just rebuild and continue like they were before?

    Source(s): Diplomacy is the art of saying "good doggy" until you can reach behind your back and grab the biggest stick you can find
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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No, I do not believe that. Only idiots, like liberals, believe that (Obama included),

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