Why Are You Reading This Junk?

According to a CNN article, "President Obama says the United States could be open to reaching out to some moderates in the Taliban in a manner similar to successful efforts with Sunni militants in Iraq."

Wait, what?? We are actually thinking about talking to our enemies??? You mean to tell me that this problem cannot be solved by killing people alone????

Heck, this could be a new trend. Journalist Helena Cobban blogged about the British government engaging with Hezbollah. Apparently these groups aren't made up entirely of extremists who want to wipe out the infidels. Perhaps engaging those that can be turned and assimilating them into the political process as a way of isolating the more extreme elements of the group isn't such a bad idea after all.

This possibility of talking to certain members of the Taliban is merely a trial balloon at this point as the situation in Afghanistan is still being assessed. However, this means of diplomacy could be part of a smarter strategy. Solely killing people with military means drives up recruitment for those that would do harm to innocent people. There have to be other options to achieve the goal of transferring the responsibility of securing Afghanistan back to its people and the US getting the heck out of there already!