"do you SERIOUSLY believe that talking to the leaders of the many terrorist groups in the middle-east would remove the terrorist threat to the world?"

I certainly do - and it works. As I said, it is working in NI and it would work in many (but not all, I concede) of the many groups your chaps want to kill (remember - Hammas politicians have been elected in free and democratic elections). Problem is, you won't win just by using force - a lesson from history America seems reluctant to take on board.

"You idealists have (IMO) a very strange attitude toward resolving conflicts."

A compliment indeed! it's nice to know you count me amongst those who think there is a better way of resolving our differences other than violence.