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

>> 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

I guess you never speak to anyone you don't know well, since there is no 
point to it.

> Nixon end the cold war?  Reagan "talked" to the Soviets from a
> position of strength, not a position of weakness.

Are you advocating a position of weakness? Who likes a position of 
weakness?

>  We have been using
> "diplomacy" to try and solve the Israeli/Palestianian crisis for
> decades, has that solved the problem? 

We have done NOTHING to solve the Israeli/Palestinian problem. We have 
armed Israel to the nuclear teeth, and done a lot of talking. Nothing 
more. I guess you think that we should murder all the Palestinians, since 
that's easier than talking to them?