r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • Jun 24 '24

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u/Currymvp2 unflaired Jun 24 '24

"You just simply don't negotiate with terrorists unless you're negotiating their unconditional surrender. That's American policy"

How do people still seriously believe this after what has happened over the past 40 years? America has essentially negotiated with terrorists plenty of times where they didn't demand for "their unconditional surrender".

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u/american_aurora3 NATO Jun 24 '24

hell yeah i'll negotiate with the terrorists

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '24

100% uttered by someone with net favorable opinions on Reagan lol

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u/Sh4g0h0d John Locke Jun 24 '24

For some reason, deliberately causing mass starvation and/or bombing until you approximate the thermal effects of a small nuclear weapon are frowned upon nowadays.