component going forward an the serious diplomatic track. such a three dimensional chess game. think of all the interest groups in there, the saudis, iranians in there, who isn t in there and tied to some other terrorist entity. iranians with hezbollah. we could go on and on and on. this is not a simple problem to solve by any stretch of the imagination. that s certainly true but there are precedence. there was a civil war in lebanon solved. the key thing having these various groups they are the iranians, saudis, having them at the table, forcing iranians, saudis, the turks to deal with each other and come to some sort of accommodation and have a cease fire and negotiated settlement in syria is essential and for the first time in four years we are looking at that as a real possibility.
and if we want the freedom to travel around the world, when these things happen, we have to soldier on, not give in to the threat of terrorism. that s what it is all about, scaring people. that s right, i think, and also you look eventually underwear bomber, the gentleman two tried to take down a northwest airliner over detroit, who had a bomb on his body. it was actually alert pawnings who noticed him acting strangely and who took it on themselves to defend themselves. one other point here, we used to have a view, and many in this country, that we should be on the offense against terrorism. the previous president bush was criticizedded for saying we should fight them over there sew we don t have to fight them here, but does bear taking a look at when terrorists are not on the defensive if they don t turn to the offensive against us, and if you look at the terrorist entity comes together in iraq, they really have sent
i think the earlier we talk with them over issues or prisoners the better. the government, i give it six months to last the karzai government. we have to deal with the facts on the ground and, you know, they re coming. we re going to be turning over large parts of the taliban. let s talk to them. i guess for other people watching, this has to be this shock, this frustration, after more than a decade of war, the united states is saying they will be negotiating doing business with, making dolsi with, again making deals with, again, not just the taliban a group designated the global terrorist entity. we are on chart here. we have never had a far in a stateless state as the taliban. they were toppled because the united states launched with a northern alliance. now the karzai government t. karzai government is weak. the taliban have some elements
communication with that might have led him to walk away. that s what they think happened. but they have to wait and talk to him. erin. barrastar, thank you. now a front, cnn contributor and former white house press secretary for president bush ari fleischer and cia operatetive bab bear. the taliban said, look, this prison exchange is the first step in peace talks between the tal been and the occupation. let me ask you point blank, should the president be negotiating with a global terrorist entity? have we do need to talk to the taliban in the withdrawal process of bringing the afghani society t. governing estate is afghanistan s government.
tal been and the occupation. let me ask you point blank, should the president be negotiating with a global terrorist entity? have we do need to talk to the taliban in the withdrawal process of bringing the afghani society t. governing estate is afghanistan s government. it s a bit of a different issue talking to them, yes, a direct exchange over hostages of our hostage, a serviceman in return for five prisoners at guantonomo, no. not as a direct matter. there are other ways to accomplish these things. it become as part of the murky, tricky diplomatic world with live in. as a direct overt exchange, no. the democratic senator robert menendez told the hill. i want to quote him, i personally don t think we negotiate unthese lines. for me, it wouldn t be acceptable. do you think this could be acceptable? i understand ari s point, murky,