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“On the Charlie Rose programme in January, he recounted a story about a lecture he delivered in Israel a year before his appointment, telling of his involvement in Northern Ireland. Asked afterwards by a member of the audience about the length of the Northern Ireland conflict, Mitchell confirmed it had been 800 years. His questioner replied: “No wonder you settled, it’s such a recent argument.” Mitchell went on to say on the programme that it would be naive for anyone to expect an early resolution.”

Click here for the full article from the Guardian. It amazes me that George Mitchell has such a lousy grasp of history and makes the classic weak argument that these conflicts have been going on since time immemorial, so it will take another few eons for things to improve.