Before asking for negotiation with Taliban, Layton should look at why Britain rejected Hitler’s peace offer in WWII

NDP leader Jack Layton wants Canada to negotiate with the Taliban to find a peaceful solution to the Afghan crisis. But he fails to realize that the price of such negotiation with a brutal group like the Taliban would mean handing back Afghanistan to their control. In this context, it may be poin...

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