The Bush Administration would like you to believe that talking to Iran, to Hamas, to Hezboallah or even to Al Qaeda is a form of weakness, a sign of defeat, that somehow by mere contact the effort is lost.

That is a fallacious lie. One keeps his friends close and his enemies closer. Enemy contact was maintain during the Cold War with Russia abating the Cuban Missile Crisis, during the Vietnam War with Kissinger trying to broker a peace deal with NVA and VC. Even now in Iraq the administration is talking to Sadr Army, The Bader Corps and the various Sheikh and tribals groups that form the fragile Awakening Council keeping peace in the Anbar province.

My belief is that the Bush Administration would like to keep it so because it makes escalation of hostilities so much easier. It's the stupidest fucking shit ever. Imagine if during the Cuban missile crisis, JFK just stopped talking to the Soviets. There would be no USSR, USA, Cuba or much of the world anymore.

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