Repères 30/03/08 - Renforcer la guerre contre les Talibans (Sarkozy) ou discuter avec eux (Brown ?)
Divergences stratégiques majeures ? Au moment même ou Nicolas Sarkozy célèbre la "fraternité" franco-anglaise et annonce, devant le Parlement britannique, le renforcement des contingents français en Afghanistan, "pour vaincre les Talibans", le ministre britannique de la défense laisse entendre qu'il faut aujourd'hui "discuter" avec les Talibans ("Britain must be willing to talk to the Taliban"). Coincidence ? Il y a quelques jours, Jonathan Powell, ancien chef de cabinet (de 1995 à 2007) de Tony Blair déclarait : "si j’étais au gouvernement aujourd’hui, je voudrais avoir dialogué avec le Hamas, je voudrais communiquer avec les Talibans, et je voudrais trouver un canal de communication avec Al Qaeda".
We must talk to the Taliban, says Des Browne
The Telegraph 30/03/2008"Britain must be willing to talk to the Taliban and other extremist groups in order to try to stabilise the world, the Defence Secretary says today.
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Des Browne says that Britain and other democratic states should negotiate with organisations linked to violence - including elements of the Taliban and Hizbollah - in an attempt to prevent the long-term spread of terrorism.
"What you need to do in conflict resolution is to bring the people who believe that the answer to their political ambitions will be achieved through violence into a frame of mind that they accept that their political ambitions will be delivered by politics," he says..."
Des Browne urges talks with extremist groups
The Telegraph 30/03/2008"The West must seek diplomatic as well as military solutions in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Defence Secretary tells Rachel Sylvester...
...In his view, the West must be seeking diplomatic as well as military solutions. Controversially, he argues that Britain should be willing to talk to extremists groups.
"What you need to do in conflict resolution is to bring the people who believe that the answer to their political ambitions will be achieved through violence into a frame of mind that they accept that their political ambitions will be delivered by politics."
A former Northern Ireland minister, Mr Browne says there will always be some people who are "irreconcilable" to a peaceful path - he draws the line at al-Qa'eda because "their demand is an end to our way of life".
But, he argues that the West should be willing to talk to people with a history of violence - including elements of the Taliban and Hizbollah.
"In Northern Ireland I talked to people with a past. There are different varieties of these organisations. There's no question that some of them if we succeed will transfer into the political dimension."..."
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La phrase du jour 17/03/08 - Jonathan Powell
