Another Negotiating Strategy
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That will probably work with Muslim nations.
Come, dear leader of an Islamic Theocracy. Let’s discuss our differences. We can sit down in a neutral country and talk about our differences. We can discuss your nuclear program and your oil. Hell, who knows what kind of an amicable agreement we can come to.
Once the US President and the head of the other state sit down in a neutral meeting:
Hi there Mr. Head of a Terrorist State. Here is what you are going to agree to, and then proceed to do.
If you don’t tow the line right now, you won’t have a country to return to after this meeting.
Outcome A: They cooperate and are thus no longer a threat to us.
Outcome B: They are no longer a threat to us because they don’t exist.
I am OK with either outcome. Unfortunately, this country has a lot of pinkos would would rather see rape victims stoned to death than fire a bullet in her defense.