Well I will say, that making a show of trying to negotiate for peace is a great way to get a country that just got done with a 20 year war with people fighting it who were born after the start of that war (I'm talking about Afghanistan), a war that was without any end in sight, making a show of peace talks with someone who does not want to hear them, is a great way to make a people like that to be more open to supporting that war.