*So give me some quotes of leading leftists who say we can convert evil men to sweetness and light simply by words alone.

*Two interesting things happened this week, for those who weren't blinded by the economic news:

The nobel peaceprice was given to the former finnish president: Martti Ahtisaari. He proved in many cases that talking is the solution to peace, in Northern Ireland, Namibië, Kosovo and many other conflicts.

North Korea announced they were going to restart their nucleair plant, because they were still on the list of roque countries. Some days later the US took them of that list, almost if it was forgotten, because they had promised to that when North Korea would stop its nucleair activities.North Korea has never been nuked or bombed to convince them to stop, so there must have been some serious negotiating with them.

Another remarkable newsfact: The american general Petreaus wants to talk with the Taliban in Afghanistan to find a solution for the endless conflict.

In an interview I saw two weeks a singapore (ian?) professor and former ambassador said that talking with Iran is the best way to convince them in giving up their nucleair ambitions.

I think the slogan "we don't talk with terrorists" is only for the public and that there are a lot of secret meetings with Hamas, Iran, Syria etc. just to find  a solution for all the conflicts.

Talking is the only solution when shooting doesn't help.

B.

-How can you improve things when you don't make mistakes?