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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
He does NOT understand that sitting at a table with someone is par and course with endorsing their policies. (By calling them friend)
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The notion that having face to face talks with a rogue state entails an endorsement of their policies is patently silly. Was Roosevelt endorsing communism when he met with Stalin along with Churchhill? Was Truman naive when he had talks with Stalin at Postdam, well aware of the fact that Stalin was responsible for the death of millions within his own country? How about President Nixon when he met with Chairman Mao? Was that an endorsement of the "cultural revoution" program that resulted in the death of 500,000 people that was occuring at the time? There are scores of other examples that I could give from third world countries similar to Iran.
"Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate."--John F. Kennedy
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