As in other ethnic conflicts, from Palestine to Northern Ireland, the solution to Sri Lanka's conflict seems obvious.

因为在其他种族冲突里面，从巴勒斯坦到北爱尔兰，斯里兰卡冲突的解决方案很明显。

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Mitchell, who helped broker the Northern Ireland peace deal in the 1990s, says there is no such thing as a conflict that cannot be ended.

米切尔曾于1990年代协助斡旋达成了北爱尔兰和平协议。他说，没有什么不能结束的冲突。

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David Cameron has proved adept, in dealing with historical issues arising from the conflict in Northern Ireland, at employing the simple but effective tactic of declining to defend the indefensible.

在处理由北爱尔兰的争端引起的历史议题时，大卫·卡梅隆证明自己擅长使用简单而不是强词夺理的有效策略。

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"War" dealt with conflict, especially the years of violence in Northern Ireland.

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Mitchell said he is not discouraged about his mission's recent setbacks, including acrimonious exchanges over a recent U.N.report alleging possible war crimes in last year's Gaza conflict, citing the example of his successful Northern Ireland peace efforts in the 1990s.

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So was Lady Thatcher a "draconian militarist" whose actions prolonged the Northern Ireland conflict, as Gerry Adams contends?

BBC: Margaret Thatcher: Heated debate over NI legacy

"It would make an immense contribution to confidence-building if the public could feel assured that every organisation that was involved in the Northern Ireland conflict accepts that a return to an armed campaign is not an option, " he said.

BBC: 'Critical stage in NI process'

Broadly speaking, there are four ways of trying to end Northern Ireland's conflict.

ECONOMIST: The price of peace in Ulster