FIGHTING MUTUAL ENEMIES OFTEN UNITES PEOPLE

ISLAMABAD, Dec 5 (APP)- Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to strengthen cooperation in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism for peace and stability in the region and intensifying trade and economic cooperation to achieve $ 5 billion target of bilateral trade by 2015. The agreement to this effect was reached during the wide-ranging talks between President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, who visited Kabul on the invitation of the Afghan President on December 4-5. Click here for the full article.


In 2007, The Jerusalem Post published this:  "Sworn enemies from Northern Ireland's bitter past joined forces atop a new government, an astonishing achievement that both sides pledged would consign decades of death and destruction to history. The bombastic Protestant evangelist Ian Paisley, known as "Dr. No" because of his refusal to compromise with the Catholic minority, formed an administration alongside Sinn Fein deputy leader Martin McGuinness, a veteran commander in the outlawed Irish Republican Army, which long dreamed of forcing Northern Ireland out of the United Kingdom."  For the full article, click here.

There is a proverb: ' The enemy of my enemy is my friend.'  Wikipedia writes more on this here.. 

The concept makes me wonder if the Republicans and Democrats will ever unite for the good of the country.  So far, the Republicans have resisted.