Quote ="Cibaman"The Good Friday agreement was possible because the IRA had come to accept that they're were not going to win the war. They weren't going to get a united Ireland so reduced their demands to something more acceptable. If the UK government had tried to negotiate the Good Friday Agreement when Corbyn first met Adams, the price demanded by Adams would have beenso much greater. Being the first to arrive at a political position doesnt necessarily make you right.'"
Only an adherent to toeing the party political line of "Us good, them bad" could ever think through the logic in that statement and think that it makes sense.
You can't be the first to arrive at a political position that ultimately proves to be a successful one and yet at the same time be wrong to arrive at that political position - the ultimate agreement may be a million miles away from what you might have agreed yourself but the fact that you were there at the start to recognise that a dialogue needed to at least commence needs some credit, go on, say it, we know its choking you but do it.