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originally posted by Food Eater Lad
You do not negotiate with terrorists.
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Originally posted by Zeld2.0
You don't publically.
On the other hand, i 100% guarantee you we have, and its a damn good possiblity we are. (to get our means of course).
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The whole "enemy of my enemy is my friend" thing, eh?
As long as it serves the purpose of the Republic, our government seems to have no problems associating themselves with terrorists. J. Stalin killed millions in his camps, yet we negotiated with him during World War II. We were all behind ol' Saddam until he no longer served our purpose. We sent $43 million to the Taliban via Afghanistan for curtailing the drug trade. We're trying to negotiate with North Korea, who are holding the world with threat of a nuclear program. So, to sit back and say we don't negotiate with terrorists is absurd because they're already at the table.
I'm not saying these are all bad things. Hitler had to be stopped; a lot of opium comes out of Afghanistan; Saddam was a full blown psycho and Kim Jong Il isn't impressed solely with our military might.
Sometimes the overall good of society means having to deal with these guys, but to sit back and bask in denial is a dangerous trend.