“That’s what you’re missing. This IS the negotiation You’re watching it in progress.”
exactly. You don’t negotiate with a hostile country - or network- from a position of weakness. Not if you actually want to win. And you show you are ready to walk at any time as well.
That’s what Reagan did with Gorbachev.
“You show you are ready to walk at any time as well. That’s what Reagan did with Gorbachev.’