Comments on: Why we need to talk to terrorists. http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/03/27/why-we-need-to-talk-to-terrorists/ If there wasn't one before, it's time we started it... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:06:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sunny Hundal http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/03/27/why-we-need-to-talk-to-terrorists/#comment-7473 Sunny Hundal Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:47:04 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/03/27/why-we-need-to-talk-to-terrorists/#comment-7473 agreed and agreed, Gracchi. Especially this bit: <i>Because one of the real problems that we have is with a promotion of the image of Islam as a political entity- and that is a problem with people like the Guardian employing prats like Inayat Bunglawala and he is right about that. But that’s a different issue to talking to the actual people on the ground who commit terrorist acts or might commit terrorist acts- if you really want to win this ideological war that Simcox thinks we are in, we need to go down and find out why we aren’t winning it now</i> agreed and agreed, Gracchi.

Especially this bit:
Because one of the real problems that we have is with a promotion of the image of Islam as a political entity- and that is a problem with people like the Guardian employing prats like Inayat Bunglawala and he is right about that. But that’s a different issue to talking to the actual people on the ground who commit terrorist acts or might commit terrorist acts- if you really want to win this ideological war that Simcox thinks we are in, we need to go down and find out why we aren’t winning it now

]]> By: ad http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/03/27/why-we-need-to-talk-to-terrorists/#comment-7451 ad Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:43:54 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/03/27/why-we-need-to-talk-to-terrorists/#comment-7451 <i>There are two things wrong with Mr Simcox’s analysis and two reasons why I think we should definitely negotiate with terrorists- lets think about two kinds of terrorist threat and then we might dig into them both to see if we can solve them through going and talking to people who are involved in terrorist activity. </i> There is a very large difference between negotiating with a terrorist organisation, trying to persuade some of its members to defect, and researching its recruitment techniques. All may involve "talking to terrorists", but they are not the same thing. There are two things wrong with Mr Simcox’s analysis and two reasons why I think we should definitely negotiate with terrorists- lets think about two kinds of terrorist threat and then we might dig into them both to see if we can solve them through going and talking to people who are involved in terrorist activity.

There is a very large difference between negotiating with a terrorist organisation, trying to persuade some of its members to defect, and researching its recruitment techniques.

All may involve “talking to terrorists”, but they are not the same thing.

]]> By: DonaldS http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/03/27/why-we-need-to-talk-to-terrorists/#comment-7445 DonaldS Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:35:34 +0000 http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/03/27/why-we-need-to-talk-to-terrorists/#comment-7445 I especially enjoyed the bit where he berates us for not speaking to 'the moderates', when 3 lines above he's swooning over Mark Steyn. You couldn't make it up etc. etc. I especially enjoyed the bit where he berates us for not speaking to ‘the moderates’, when 3 lines above he’s swooning over Mark Steyn.

You couldn’t make it up etc. etc.

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