"If you talk to them, you can handle them"

The debate sparked by Columbia University’s announcement of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s upcoming campus speaking engagement underlines Pakistani parliament member Tahmina Daultana’s recent comment about terrorists. At the 2007 World Forum on the Future of Democracy, she said "If you kill one, ten more appear; if you talk to them, you can handle them. "

Yesterdays protests in New York were against Ahmadinejad, President George Bush, and Columbia University. To make informed decisions, shouldn’t all voices be heard? Watch our interview with Tahmina Daultana.

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