Taliban ready for peace talks with U.S.A.

[Admiral Yi]

[Ed Anger]

I'm tired of these barbarians and the endless skirmishing. Fuck 'em.

[Josquius]

One thing we do believe is any insurgent group including the Taliban will need to accept an Afghan constitution that renounces ties to al Qaeda, ends violence, and is committed to protections [for] women and minorities in the country

Hrmmm...those do not seem like very concrete terms.  It would be like Stalin agreeing to democracy in Poland.

There has apparently been quite a rift between al qaeda and the taliban for some time.
And Islamic fundamentalists they do claim to have women's rights, they just define them rather differently.

[garbon]

Better that than to leave them to the "mercy" of the Taliban.

Better for them.  Not sure you're ready for the non-stop ululating, though.

Xena!

[Valmy]

And Islamic fundamentalists they do claim to have women's rights, they just define them rather differently.

Yep.  Like how 'democracy' meant something very different to Stalin

Platitudes are not a good basis for a treaty.