Wish they were all this easy

Seems that Ecuador, Venezula, and Colombia ended their incipient war with a handshake on Friday, according to al-Reuters. "And with this ... this incident that has caused so much damage (is) resolved," leftist Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said before standing up and shaking hands with his U.S.-backed conservative Colombian counterpart, Alvaro Uribe. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who had blamed the United States for the crisis as he sent tanks to the border with Colombia, joined in shaking Uribe's hand and applauded loudly and smiled. The resolution was a diplomatic victory for Latin America, whose governments from Mexico to Brazil managed the crisis by emphasizing negotiations and took advantage of their previously scheduled summit to force the sides to talk. The summit host, Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez, engineered the handshakes, broadcast live on television across Latin America, by appealing to the leaders to make the public gesture. The resolution also resurrected hopes for the release of FARC hostages, including a French-Colombian woman and three Americans. Chavez, who had negotiated the freeing of six captives in the weeks before the crisis, announced at the summit he had new proof more captives were alive. With the dispute resolved, Venezuela and Nicaragua immediately restored ties with Colombia.

Rico says he doesn't think it's going to work like this in Iraq...