Absent constructive help, a natural evolution toward compromise in Algeria is unlikely and bloodshed will continue. As a valuable 1996 study by the Carnegie Endowment pointed out, precedents exist for a deal. One is Chile where the military developed a capital economy, then allowed a pluralistic political system to emerge. Turkey did the same. Another is South Africa, where white Nationalists handed power over to the black African National Congress.
None is a precise parallel for Algeria, but each shows that better solutions are possible.