We will never know why President Santos of Colombia decided to sit down and negotiate with FARC.  My guess, and it's only a guess, is that he was looking to earn a Nobel Peace Prize.   President Santos may have concluded this:  If President Obama can get a Nobel for doing nothing maybe I can get one for actually doing something.  After all, the Nobel Peace Prize crowd loves peace agreements even if they don't actually result in any kind of peace. The problem with negotiating with FARC is that there is so little to negotiate about.    Fausta Wertz (Fausta's Blog) made some very interesting points this week about the Santos-FARC meetings: "The FARC are not interested in disbanding. To the contrary, they are seeking alliances with the ELN The FARC are calling for a "restructuring of the Colombian state", including a major redesign of the Colombian Constitution The FARC are not interested in ceasing its...(Read Full Post)