>>>I have no problem with Obama talking with anyone. Talk != concessions.
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>>>In the eyes of the terrorists, Talk == Weakness
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>>Oh, you know what they're thinking?
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>>I think the greatest damage Bush and Cheney did to our country was to our reputation. Their pugnacious, go-it-alone attitude was noted. We didn't used to be the world's pariah. That goes even for our closest allies. Respect for the U.S. has never been lower.

Geez Mike! Would you rather be dead and have other countries and people saying "At least, when they died they had the respect of other countries." Wars are not won by being nice. Especially when the war was started by the biggest mass murder in the history of the United States.