The domestic argument in Israel is about the viability of a Jewish state given the hardline policy of non-negotiation and accelerated settlement construction in the West Bank.
So do you think the UK should change its policy on paying ransoms, or keep its official line of non-negotiation?
But if recent history is any guide, Cantor's exit and the conservative cries of non-negotiation are simply the necessary next step for the truly important stage of the process: Obama and Boehner working out a compromise.
A long list of countries has provided military aid to the rebels, including Saudi Arabia, France, Britain, the US, Turkey and Qatar – and have resolutely held the rebel forces to a position of non-negotiation with the Assad regime.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Foley said: "If we continue with a current policy of non-negotiation and non-payment, we are basically condemning our citizens – the best of America, the best of Great Britain – to death.
It caused a decade of non-negotiations".
The consensus-based approach of the UN Climate Talks guarantees nothing decisive is likely to emerge in the next few years from these forums, except the certainty that thousands of Government officials will continue to dutifully turn up for weeks of non-meetings featuring non-negotiations.
More importantly, by her "non-negotiation" negotiation messaging, Merkel is also giving the UK "leadership" -- once it is reformed after Cameron's resignation and resolution of the Labor Party's leadership crisis -- time to think anew about the cliff they are heading over (see The New Yorker's cover of June 26) and consider the options for a "Bloxit".
Senator Obama stated that he would break with the non-negotiation policy of the Bush White House and authorize diplomatic contacts with Iran, Syria and North Korea, while Senator Clinton ridiculed the notion of diplomacy with rival states as, "irresponsible and frankly naive".
The legal side of this is, doesn't the attorney have a professional and ethical obligation to be knowledgeable about the processes and skills necessary to mitigate conflict and steer the parties toward non-adversarial negotiation, where possible?
Anyone who tells you something is "non-negotiable" is, in fact, using that as a negotiation strategy themselves.
