I have always been somewhat surprised when you get a situation where, for example, peace talks have been arranged between the two sides, one side commits an atrocity causing the talks to fail thus achieving the object of those who committed the atrocity.
Surely the right thing to do would be to carry on with the talks regardless and deny satisfaction to those who are against them.
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