These conditions are nonnegotiable. It is not whether there will be a short-term cease-fire or a long-term cease-fire. It is not whether they want to eliminate us now or if they will wait 20 years to do it. A democratic victory does not provide legitimacy or a quick dry-cleaning service to a terrorist organization.
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The prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment ... is absolute and nonnegotiable, ... It is wrong to suggest that this ... has changed as a result of the recent terrorist threats. There cannot be any question of striking the right balance when absolute rights are at stake.
For decades Americans haven't had to worry about other parties in Asia shaping the environment in ways that might be unfavorable to us. But now we are called upon to state what values the US feels are nonnegotiable in the East Asian community, and we haven't.
That would not have gotten people out of harm's way. His position was that it's expensive to even move people to other homes he owned. But when it comes to patient safety, it's nonnegotiable.