Should The West Negotiate With Al Qaeda

Osama bin Laden

We Should 'Reach Out' To Al Qaeda, Says ex-MI5 Chief -- The Daily Mail

The former head of MI5 has made a controversial call for the Government to negotiate with Al Qaeda.

Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller, the security service’s former director general, said she ‘would hope’ the Government was ‘reaching out’ to the shadowy Islamic terrorist group headed by Osama bin Laden.

Calls for negotiation with Al Qaeda by other public figures have resulted in furious condemnations by the Foreign Office.

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My Comment: This is why she is the ex-MI5 chief.

However .... one day .... I do see Western governments (or their agencies) talking to whoever is in charge of Al Qaeda .... but with one caveat. I do not see them talking to Osama Bin Laden or to anyone else who was involved in 911.

But that day is long .... and I mean very long .... in the future. The only exception will be if Al Qaeda is able to obtain a weapon of mass destruction (i.e. nuclear bomb), and they make a demand for talks. In such a situation .... I would bet that the West will start some form of communications .... and will acquiesce to some of their demands. But publicly .... they will never admit this.