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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
But to make the blanket statement that you're just going to close your eyes and plug your ears is, ...
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No one has been suggesting that: clearly we do talk and meet with our foes on a lower level basis; but what Obama has suggested in the past(but is running away from now I think) is that He personally should meet with our enemies....and I think Hillary Clinton has the best response to that:
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Obama's position was "irresponsible and frankly naive" and said that as president she wouldn't meet leaders such as Fidel Castro or Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.
"I don't want to be used for propaganda purposes," she said.
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In other words, your very "meeting" with the bad guys, regardless whether you negotiate or give up anything at all, works to
their advantage....they can show their people that they are legitimate since they got to meet with the President of the United States.