Just to clarify... I don't for a moment think that the offer proposed above would be accepted. It is, however, in our power to make the offer. Having formally recognized the Karzai administration as the sovereign government of Afghanistan and the current Constitution as legitimate, we cannot now go to the Taliban and offer to dismiss that Government, tear up the Constitution, and replace both with new versions that assure Taliban participation... unless of course we propose to declare that we are the government of Afghanistan.
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