Talk Show Diplomacy

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Rather than refusing to talk with dictators, crackpots and despots, we should encourage them to talk openly and freely.

They are vainglorious and might even be concerned with their historical legacy.

In the course of talking with Saddam Hussein, he might divulge what he did with the weapons of mass destruction.

Deng Xiaoping might offer the name of the youth who stood in front of the tank at Tiananmen Square.

It's a two-way process. While treating them like celebrities, they divulge useful information and simultaneously we goad them into more moderate and open policies.

Gorbachev is a clear example. Glasnost (openness) was followed by perestroika (restructuring).

OJ Simpson, if he did it, might reveal how he theoretically disposed of the knife.

24 hour news, talk show circuits and book tours may prove to be the most effective way to diffuse a crisis.