Poll: Negotiations With the Taliban

[pardus]

I understand but in my opinion leaving India/Pakistan to solve their own problems will only result in further catastrophe for the region especially given how Afghanistan turned out after we left it be when the Soviets left.

Yeah we can't turn our back on this issue, the world is a small and intimately connected place.
Isolationism simply cannot work for better or worse.
Leaving A'stan to it's own devices was a cluster fuck by us, we fucked up and we are paying the price now, suck it up and move on.

 

[Marauder06]

Another article on the reconciliation effort. I was surprised and pleased to see the Haqqanis mentioned as a group considering reconciliation.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39750778/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times

And yet another article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/opinion/19barrett.html