Surrendering to terrorists is easy if you try.
Can I ask a stupid question? Why are we negotiating with the Taliban at all?
The Taliban were overthrown in Afghanistan, precisely because they gave safe harbor to Bin Laden.
To paraphrase George W. Bush in his major speech after 9/11, “the Taliban will accede to our demands to shut down training camps and turn over terrorists in their country, or else they will share the fate of the terrorists.”
So what exactly has changed? Isn’t the Taliban still the enemy? After the overthrow of the Nazis in World War II, would we still have negotiated with guerilla groups of Nazi fighters????