If you give terrorists what they want, you will prove that terrorism is a successful strategy and you will encourage others to also use terrorism to get what they want. The more that terrorism is rewarded, the more terrorism we will get. Much the same principle applies in dealing with kidnappers. You can pay them off to get them to release their victims, but that will just encourage them to keep kidnapping more people and collecting more ransoms indefinitely.
No the US does not negotiate with terrorists.
Officially the US Government will not negotiate with terrorists
The government will not negotiate with terrorists
She had to negotiate with the landlord to lower the rent.
The Reagan administration used earnings from weapons sales to Iran to illegally fund the contras.
It contradicted the administration's policy of refusing to negotiate with terrorists
No, there is no obligation to protect them. However, they are in danger of being kidnapped since they are in foreign countries. That would create a very dangerous situation for our country. We do not negotiate with terrorists! Not yet anyway. Obama will be the first to do so. Although one could argue that since he does not help his struggling family members he would not care if they were kidnapped and/or killed.
to move west
To stop terrorists. By preventing terrorists and criminals from accessing their bank accounts, their activities can be limited or prevented entirely.
yes. there is no other option in how to negotiate peace in between us and the terrorists. and through negotiation we already know what they want .
yes just like with JFK the government was in on it from the word go
Arguably, both - the goverment did make mistaked. However, the terrorists were the ones who atually hijacked and crashed the planes.