Sometimes some of the greatest and most developed countries and peoples in the world speak words of bull****.
When a fight breaks up between two entities over money and the entity that claims the money says,
"We won't negotiate until you pay me the money!"
Depending on the circumstances of course - in most cases the whole quarrel is based on the money, so you cannot demand the money before negotiating. What you must do is sit down and discuss the problematic issue (which is the money!) and then come to a monetary conclusion or settle on a financial agreement.
I just found this synonymous to the fact that the current US administration and the British prime minister say that they won't talk to Hamas until Hamas recognizes the state of Israel.
The whole issue here is that Hamas does not recognize Israel because it sees it as the occupier of their land. The whole problem of peace in the middle east is based on this. The US is refusing to talk to Hamas until they "recognize the state of Israel". You cannot ask one party in any quarrel to first obey the opposing party and then be eligible to negotiate. Its absolute lunacy!
Thank goodness Obama sees this. He has criticized the current ruling administration and said many times: you cannot refuse to open dialogs with one of the fundamental parties in the middle east unrest. He believes that Bush junior's policies of silence has not brought anything but a downside in the reputation of the US and has made things worse and worse. He believes that settling any problem means sitting down and conversing with the opposition. I believe this to be the correct attitude...hope he wins...
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