Re: Nixon talked to China, Reagan talked to the USSR

"Joe" <josephblow1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> All this bluster by McCain and Bush about not talking to your enemies
> is a load of crap.  What has not talking to Cuba or North Korea
> accomplished.  McCain should learn from previous republican presidents
> Nixon and Reagan who ended the cold war by beginning a dialog with
> countries that were once viewed as enemies of the USA.  A lot more can
> be accomplished through diplomacy thant going to war when it is not
> necessary like in Iraq.

What will talking to Cuba or North Korea going to accomplish?  How did
Nixon 
end the cold war?  Reagan "talked" to the Soviets from a position of 
strength, not a position of weakness.  We have been using "diplomacy" to
try 
and solve the Israeli/Palestianian crisis for decades, has that solved the

problem?