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Going to have to be through negotiated settlement, what people call reconciliation. we don't have a lot of negotiations with the taliban. five detainees are a potential source of leverage. we don't have a lot of leverage to be giving away easily. the most important way to think about the question of whether release bergdahl was worth it is weren't it could play some role in bringing about a negotiated settlement to the war. the administration has apparently given up on at least the prisoner swap element of that. they haven't given up on a larger strategy for negotiating a settlement. i think t...
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