Now the British are talking to terrorists

Why would the British government be negotiating with one of the world's nastiest terrorist organisations?

Here is a snippet from Melanie Phillips' latest article

The British government is now talking to Hezbollah. Hezbollah is a terrorist military force funded, trained by and answerable to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah leads an Iranian jihadi army that exports terror round the world. Until September 11, 2001, Hezbollah was responsible for more American deaths than any other terrorist organization. It is known or suspected to have been involved in the suicide truck bombings of the U.S. Embassy and U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut in 1983, the bombing of the U.S. Embassy annexe in Beirut in 1984 and the 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847 en route from Athens to Rome. And it is said by various intelligence agencies to have kidnapped over 30 Westerners between 1982 and 1992.

Now the Jerusalem Post reports:

Bill Rammell, the Foreign Office minister for the Middle East, told the British Parliament on Wednesday that his government would hold discussions with Hizbullah’s political wing. Rammell said the decision was made ‘in the light of more positive developments in Lebanon, and the formation of the national unity government in which Hizbullah is participating. Our over-riding objective is to press Hizbullah to play a more constructive role and move away from violence,’ he said.

The result of this lethally misguided initiative is to abandon the Lebanese, undermine democrats and relatively moderate leaders throughout the Middle East, embolden not just Hezbollah but Hamas and the Taleban and all terrorist networks which can smell the weakness of the west, imperil Israel, strengthen Iran and increase the threat to the free world.

It is hard to believe politicians can be quite so stupid and craven and to have learned absolutely nothing from history. Alas, on both sides of the Atlantic the stupid and craven tendency now rules.

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