Negotiations should be between recognized politicians. If I had a say in how these issues were handled, no terrorist would be negotiated with. Nor would any other criminal be able to negotiate his cause. Some people don't deserve the privelages being "human" supposedly brings. Terrorists will never be right in their point of view because they're terrorists. Being a terrorist makes you wrong. However, the endeavor for "human rights" has gone so far, that the criminal has more rights than the victim, and rather than endanger the precious life of a terrorist, we'd prefer to pay them off at a negotiation table. If the terrorist kills an innocent hostage, it's not his fault - he was driven to that point by the evils committed by the victims. I don't understand why we try so hard to "understand" terrorists. I'm glad I don't understand them. If I could understand and rationalize what they do (and even excuse it as right?), I'd probably be one. As long as I can declare myself above them without any hesitation, I know my morals are in the right place.
