Delirium

[fpb]

President Karzai appointed a former President of Afghanistan to head peace negotiations with the Taliban. The Taliban sent a pretend negotiator - one of two; the other must have known what was going ot happen - who blew himself up along with the ex-President.

You would have thought this would give you an idea of what the Taliban think of peace. But not if you are a BBC "journalist". The wretch sent to Afghanistan concluded his report by wondering aloud what concessions could be offered to encourage the Taliban back to the negotiating table, and blaming the victim for being "a deeply divisive figure". The BBC needs a few dozen of its own people to be bloodily and publicly murdered: they seem to have forgotten the meaning of the act of murder.

Comments

[fpb.livejournal.com]

No culture in the world would ever start a second round of negotiations after the first has ended in treacherous murder. Nobody would offer to negotiate in the first place; it would be too close to declaring that one is tired of living and quite happy about the prospect of having one's little pieces swept up by the janitor.

[ihuitl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I wonder what the "only a diplomatic settlement will work" people are thinking now (i.e. democracy arsenal, etc). I think we will be shifting away from such things in the immediate future.