Obama Should Quit War on Terror; Talk to Hamas and Taliban.
The place to start on a new course is to leave the "war on terror" behind and recognize that Hamas, Hezbollah and the Taliban -- all of which have legitimate nationalist aspirations, but wrapped in Islamist garb -- cannot be lumped into the same category as the cosmic terrorists of Al Qaeda who want to attack the US directly. The former you can negotiate with by addressing their grievances. You can't deal with Al Qaeda because their claims are in another realm beyond this earth.
Their grievance? The existence of Israel. Well, maybe not the Taliban. They just hate the West.
Barack Obama: Administration Willing to Talk to Iran 'Without Preconditions'
One campaign promise to keep.
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