As former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's memoirs sell well amidst the vairiety of reviews is this rather pithy comment on his part in the Northern Ireland peace process:http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourking...-09-06%2012:17

What struck me was the final comment:Citing the SDLP leader Seamus Mallon
In reality his whole strategy in terms of resolution of the Northern Ireland problem—I don’t use the term peace process—was “who do I buy and who do I sell”?
Sorry to be so cynical or critical that sounds like an Afghan exit strategy.