pShould America ever negotiate with terrorists?

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No, never

23 %

Only in exceptional cases

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Yes, in many cases

@Mar '13 c 152 comments V 422 votes

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sml11 endorsed Ron-Paul

v No, never
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Jer11274 voted

v Only in exceptional cases
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DrSilicon voted

v No, never
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Fri

Gatnos

v No, never

Negotiations are necessary only from a point of weakness. We should never give the impression of weakness to the terrorists.

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akbison voted

v No, never
May 16
StanH voted

v No, never
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May 16
AlexNWA endorsed seedtick

v No, never
May 16
silentrunning endorsed Ron-Paul

v No, never
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May 15
o_oo_e endorsed Cheenoguy

v Only in exceptional cases
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May 14
MolonLabe endorsed earl

v No, never
May 14

econcordjon

v No, never

A terrorist isn't a speeder, where he/she can plea down the charge to a lesser. hell we can't even do that anymore or 20mph cause of cumo

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May 13
cr8z4amerika voted

v No, never
May 13
AndrewMC voted

v No, never
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May 12
skspls voted

v No, never
May 12
shadowmonkey11 voted

v No, never
May 12
Fyi1957 endorsed WVMountYouNear

v No, never
May 12

PJS1973

v No, never

Negotiating only shifts power to them, sets a precedent and encourages more. Aggressively pursue and kill or prosecute them (I prefer the first choice) and they will be pacified.

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May 12
mwr endorsed earl

v No, never
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May 11
gumbii endorsed WVMountYouNear

v No, never
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May 10

sapodolly

v No, never

Negotiating is not on the table for a terrorists and never will be. They certainly don't respect us or anyone else. We do need to go back to water boarding when we have a terrorists in our possession.

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May 9
Jimbo voted

v No, never
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May 9
Bill voted

v No, never
May 9
esl99 voted

v Only in exceptional cases
May 8

LHoran

v No, never

It may sound terrible, but it makes us look weak.

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May 7
wangotango endorsed MadAmerican

v No, never
May 6
Glich voted

v No, never
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May 6
LibertyWolf voted

v No, never
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May 6
captbigtime endorsed earl

v No, never
May 6
PaulUK2901 voted

v No, never
May 6
Johnnytj voted

v Only in exceptional cases
May 5

Nurse8493

v Only in exceptional cases

A lot of people hating on one another, lets show them what the victory of peace looks like by communicating with them with some of our best ambassadors and American officials this country has to offer!

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May 5
Ktulue voted

v Yes, in many cases
May 5

JTHEM

v Only in exceptional cases

We need to do what has to be done depending on the situation. I really like the idea of assassination teams on the sly.

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May 4
fciman06 endorsed earl

v No, never
May 3

NoAmnestyEVER

v No, never

America should NEVER negotiate with Barack Hussein Obama, or any of the Muslim groups that he supports.

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May 2

Aftermath

v No, never

The only thing we need to do to Terrorist is kill them.

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May 2

Spirit02

v No, never

No because more often they will break their 'promises' and commit their acts against us.

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princessmi endorsed earl

v No, never
May 1

scotta

v No, never

Not "NO". But "HELL NO!!!".

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May 1
Deste66 voted

v No, never
Apr 30
JerseyLady voted

v No, never
Apr 30
Kathleen voted

v No, never
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Apr 30
kgautreau voted

v No, never
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Apr 30
RepomanGP endorsed WVMountYouNear

v No, never
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Apr 30
RobG endorsed WVMountYouNear

v No, never
Apr 30
loganrollo endorsed WVMountYouNear

v No, never
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Apr 29
BossTweed endorsed WVMountYouNear

v No, never
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Apr 29
Doctordub endorsed Cheenoguy

v Only in exceptional cases
Apr 29
Reidabsher voted

v No, never
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Apr 29
HEATM88472 voted

v No, never

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Gatnos

v No, never

Negotiations are necessary only from a point of weakness. We should never give the impression of weakness to the terrorists.

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May 14

econcordjon

v No, never

A terrorist isn't a speeder, where he/she can plea down the charge to a lesser. hell we can't even do that anymore or 20mph cause of cumo

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May 12

PJS1973

v No, never

Negotiating only shifts power to them, sets a precedent and encourages more. Aggressively pursue and kill or prosecute them (I prefer the first choice) and they will be pacified.

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May 10

sapodolly

v No, never

Negotiating is not on the table for a terrorists and never will be. They certainly don't respect us or anyone else. We do need to go back to water boarding when we have a terrorists in our possession.

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May 8

LHoran

v No, never

It may sound terrible, but it makes us look weak.

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May 5

Nurse8493

v Only in exceptional cases

A lot of people hating on one another, lets show them what the victory of peace looks like by communicating with them with some of our best ambassadors and American officials this country has to offer!

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May 5

JTHEM

v Only in exceptional cases

We need to do what has to be done depending on the situation. I really like the idea of assassination teams on the sly.

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May 3

NoAmnestyEVER

v No, never

America should NEVER negotiate with Barack Hussein Obama, or any of the Muslim groups that he supports.

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May 2

Aftermath

v No, never

The only thing we need to do to Terrorist is kill them.

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May 2

Spirit02

v No, never

No because more often they will break their 'promises' and commit their acts against us.

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May 1

scotta

v No, never

Not "NO". But "HELL NO!!!".

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Apr 20

zeke

v Only in exceptional cases

I don' t think its wise too never say never, because a situation might come along where this policy might bite you in the ass!

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Apr 20

AmericanNative

v No, never

There is never a negotiation

B2

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Apr 18

TBToyia

v No, never

Oh my .. the questions here just keep getting more and more Absurd. What else would any Sane person say? Oh yes.. Terrorist are people too!! They have feeling just like us, and and and and... well you get the picture.. I guess I really shouldnt expect common sense these days hehehehehe

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Apr 18

MarkColwell

v Yes, in many cases

We should always seek to communicate with out enemies. The word terrorist get's thrown around a lot... but haven't our enemies always been terrorists and haven't we also always terrorized our enemies?

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Gmfowler

v No, never

Kill them all, let GOD sort them out... Start within the belt loop of D. C.

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Apr '13

NNN

v No, never

We have one in the White House at this very moment.

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Apr '13

Smoovious

v No, never

Well, not 'never'... "Release your hostages, drop your weapons, come out, and surrender, NOW... or you will be killed."... we can negotiate in which order they surrender, or be killed. Seriously, you can't ever open the door to negotiation with them. You can't even pretend to negotiate to buy time. They plan their timelines on how long they can stall to complete their plans. Never negotiate. Let us be known around the world that we have no patience for terrorists.

B1

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WATCHDOG

v No, never

Only with a bullet or a bomb

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Apr '13

treedcat25

v No, never

Formal negotiation would legitimize their efforts to attack the United States. If we made any concessions, they'd be more emboldened than ever before.

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WVMountYouNear

v No, never

If we do, it only confirms that there is payoff for their efforts.

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earl

v No, never

Terrorists only understand one thing, one between the eyes.

B1

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Cheenoguy

v Only in exceptional cases

You have to look at every situation based on its circumstances. If American lives are at risk you consider every option.

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Mar '13

Ron-Paul

v No, never

.....but we do everyday by tolerating Obama.

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seedtick

v No, never

Once you negotiate the tactical advantage belongs to the terrorist. A terrorist differs greatly from a "hostage taker." The terrorist is doing his deed because of idealogy and he just doesn't care about people, including himself usually.

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Mar '13

MadAmerican

v No, never

Negotiating is not an option period!

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Mar '13

Woody20164

v Only in exceptional cases

Obviously another vague question by Politix. You need to more clearly define "terrorists" and "negotiate". Accordingly, each situation would need to be looked at individually. But what is most important to not losing negotiations, is that Americans need to have the stomach to sacrifice a life for the higher good. Us, "Give up or we'll kill you." Them, "Close Israel, or we'll blow up this cafe". Us, "Go ahead". Boom, crack, case closed.

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Mar '13

DARSB

v No, never

I checked with Oliver North, and he said... well, I forget what he said, but he looked real good saying it.

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Apr 20

AmericanNative

v No, never

There is never a negotiation

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Mar '13

wonka45ACP

v No, never

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. General Douglas MacArthur.

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