Talking to the Taliban: Diplomacy 101 should be about learning from past failures

Talking to the Taliban: Diplomacy 101 should be about learning from past failures

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com NEW DELHI — Why do high-powered U.S. diplomats persist in thinking that sitting around a table with the bad guys is going to produce a lasting peace and everyone will then live happily ever after? Apparently Washington never learned from years of yakking that resulted in the “Paris […]