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Except that the Sudan has been willing to offer us certain things - like say, Osama bin Laden during the Clinton administration. And before anyone yells "NO! IT ISN'T TRUE!", there is audio of Clinton saying it.

This has nothing to do with the Sudanese trying to undermine the US or a US ally...it has to do with brokering a cease fire to stop genocide, which by the way, the previous administration ignored while 800,000 people were being slaughtered.

Honestly, I see a genuine difference between brokering peace deals (which happens all the time in the middle east, though to no avail) for a civil war and talking with nations and terrorists who wish to bring direct harm to the US and our allies.

As far as the other countries mentioned - yeah, I have a problem if direct and inconditional talks were going on with Syria. With Cuba? Not so much - again that goes to what they are doing to support terrorism and undermine the US through that.