http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22957819
"The US is to open direct peace talks with the Taliban, senior White House officials have announced."
Funnily, I can already see where this is going to have issues.
"However, the talks are on condition that the Taliban renounce violence, break ties with al-Qaeda and respect the Afghan constitution - including the rights of women and minorities. "
And of course, the Taliban will lie and say that they will do this.
Because from what I understand of the differences between Western and Eastern mentalities for relationships of any kind, that it is soemthing like this:
West: Build relationship upon trust.
East: Build trust upon relationship.
In other words, the Taliban have no, or rather, negative relations with the US, and thus will do anything but tell the truth.
Meanwhile, the US will expect them to tell the truth in order to build a peaceable relationship from its negative state.
All that said, I don't know who really expects the Taliban to go all peaceful and quietly. As soon as the US leaves, it will be almost free reign for the insurgents.
"The US is to open direct peace talks with the Taliban, senior White House officials have announced."
Funnily, I can already see where this is going to have issues.
"However, the talks are on condition that the Taliban renounce violence, break ties with al-Qaeda and respect the Afghan constitution - including the rights of women and minorities. "
And of course, the Taliban will lie and say that they will do this.
Because from what I understand of the differences between Western and Eastern mentalities for relationships of any kind, that it is soemthing like this:
West: Build relationship upon trust.
East: Build trust upon relationship.
In other words, the Taliban have no, or rather, negative relations with the US, and thus will do anything but tell the truth.
Meanwhile, the US will expect them to tell the truth in order to build a peaceable relationship from its negative state.
All that said, I don't know who really expects the Taliban to go all peaceful and quietly. As soon as the US leaves, it will be almost free reign for the insurgents.