Negotiate With Terrorists? Of Course We Do
“Canada does not negotiate with terrorists, for any reason” – Maxime Bernier, Canada’s foreign minister, 2007. “The United States does not negotiate with terrorists,” Victoria Nuland, U.S. State Department spokeswoman, 2013. Despite such oft-repeated denials, Canada and the United States very much do negotiate with terrorists. And sometimes we give them money, or prisoners, to [...]