One of Mr Karzai's ministers said that, so long as the Taliban were "winning", reconciliation would be "an empty phrase".
The plot failed, and Ludovico was exiled but eventually, through threats and flattery, won a reconciliation with Bona and brought about the execution of her most influential adviser and chief minister, Cicco Simonetta, in 1480.
Yet, whether we're considering race or party affiliations, reconciliation can win out over bias.
And if remain wins big, the "reconciliation reshuffle" can safely become a purge of the Faragist collaborators.
Mr. de Mistura warned that time was short for the government to win legislative approval for political reconciliation measures that could defuse deep disagreements between Sunni and Shiite factions.
"It's our view that until the Taliban leadership sees a change in the momentum and begins to see that they are not going to win, the likelihood of significant reconciliation at senior levels is not terribly great," Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said last week in India.
Mr. Jibril's coalition, apparently in an attempt to slow the legislation, proposed broadening it to exclude even those who served the Qaddafi government long ago and former members of the armed Islamist opposition who reached reconciliation agreements to win release from Colonel Qaddafi's jails.
Hoyer said he has spoken to White House budget director Peter Orszag about using the budget reconciliation process to win passage for the healthcare and climate change bills.
The budget reconciliation process enables McConnell to win final passage of legislation with a simple majority because budget reconciliation bills aren't subject to filibusters.
