"We do not need to implement security measures except against those who reject the language of reconciliation and dialogue ..."

"We present in our hand a green olive branch, and in the other hand we present the law."

Do these statements strike you as misguided? How do you selectively implement security measures? What does it mean to "reject language"? Is the civil war a debate over semantics? Why is "the law" presented as being in opposition to peace? Shouldn't the law be consistent with peace?

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