OK, you can't leave us hanging like that. What was his fantastic answer? Paraphrasing would be just fine.
The short of it, and I wish I had DVR'd the show and captured the closed caption, but I did not, is this:
Joe said you DO NOT meet with people who are a threat to the region, send or support terrorists to kill our troops, support Iran and the destruction of Israel, lie to just say things they think you want to hear, and so forth.
IOW, you never talk to someone in good faith, knowing they are not talking in good faith. He really had old Snarlin Arlin sputtering.
There may be a transcript somewhere and I'll look for it.