[thecavemaster]

From what sides? Are you talking about dialogue between us and terrorists and rogue states?

There are those who believe that conservatives would shred the Constitution to keep an outhouse from being used by a "terrorist." There are those who believe that liberals would allow a Super Bowl stadium to be blown to bits with a 100,000 people in it to protect a library card record. These are "sides" who believe nothing good about each other. I agree with Eleanor Roosevelt, who said, basically, that we have to talk with our enemies or else destruction comes to all. We don't have to agree with them, bow down to them, or any such. But we do need to understand them. The Palestinians, for instance, have some legitimate grievances. And, sometimes, when a people find they can't take anymore, they pick up a gun or a brick or a stone. Still, to suggest that a nation should be erased from existence only leads to total blindness.