Should the U.S. Sit Down With Its Enemies?

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America's motto should always be: never surrender; never give-up. It is always easy to recognize true evil and the U.S. should never comply with its demands. However, under strict circumstances and with a clear aim of removing evil, the U.S. should meet with its enemies.

Take Nazi Germany as one example. Should the U.S. have negotiated the Munich Agreement? The answer is absolutely no. This was a grave mistake of Chamberlain that caused 55 million victims and the ruin of Europe.

More contemporarily, consider Iran. From its first days it has dealt in deceit, declaring its readiness to sit on the negotiating table and accept international demands, then refusing to implement agreements until its nuclear project reaches "the point of no return." Exactly like North Korea and Nazi Germany. 

However, since the U.S. is not alone in global politics, it cannot act like a solitary world policeman. Accordingly, the U.S. should only sit at the negotiating table with clear and sharp demands. The framework of this negotiation must be a very strict "either ... or" and the punishment ladder, if not complied with, begins with international isolation and economic bans.

This is not a negotiation between equal parties but a dictating of terms, only softening if and only if its objectives are achieved. As President Kennedy's said during the Cuban missile crisis: be ready to negotiate but never give-up your demands, never appease, never surrender.  

Still, at the end of the process, evil must be eliminated. It is the American responsibility, no matter how hard and exhausting the road may be.