I thought our country didn't negotiate with terrorists?

[Horse with no Name]

I don't know about you, but republicans holding unemployed American's necessary money is, by definition, terrorism.
republicans DEMANDING ransom to the very rich in exchange for the money is, by definition, terrorism.
WHY is Obama even considering caving in to the demands of these terrorists?

[DJ13]

1. WHY is Obama even considering caving in to the demands of these terrorists?

Because he's a sympathizer to their cause?

[sabrina 1]

2. Yes, it is terrorism. I had hoped that Republicans once out of power

would be relegated to the dustbin of politics. Instead we elected Democrats who re-installed them in positions of power the people took away from them.

And we have a president who has put them in charge of deciding what to do about the deficit. Clearly he knows no Democrats who could have done that job.

I don't know about anyone else, but when I supported Democrats it was not so that they could install the very people we threw out back in power.

I'd like to know eg, why this president needs to get advice from Lindsey Graham on anything. Are there no Democrats he could seek advice from? Or Judd Gregg, Alan Simpson et al.

[damntexdem]

3. Of course we do: after all, we don't just negotiate with but support Israel.

And we armed Saddam Hussein, including with chemical weapons ("WMDs") in the 1980s.