Istanbul and the US 'Peace Process' for Kabul
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WASHINGTON DC - It is one of the hallmarks of US diplomacy, discerned over many years of close observation, that when problems become seriously intractable, when there is no clear or acceptable solution in prospect, when the status quo is intolerable, and when it is not politically tenable to simply allow nature to take its course, the US summons its considerable energies, reaches out to the various concerned parties whom it finds both willing and acceptable, and embarks upon… a "process".
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