Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Architect Date:   9/16/2016 9:29:11 PM

You have never negotiated until you have negotiated with the Brits.  You can spend a week discussing one sentence and then when you think you are in agreement, they want to revisit it. 

Okay so leave the table with a handshake - it's a matter of style, but when you do that, you have just let the other side know that you aren't firm in your position. 

I've never negotiated with the Russians, but I know people that have, and I was told that Russians will take a position and refuse to move on it.  Americans are at a disadvantage, because culturally, we want people to like us, and we expect to compromise to do that. 

You know, in Asia it is called "face", in the Middle East it is called "honor" and in South America it is called Machismo, but what they all have incommon is that you never want to lose it.   The Chinese just slapped Obama in the face, as did Phillipines President.  Some people probably think that Obama did the right thing by turning the other cheek.  But he didn't.  He lost face, honor, Machismo.  We lose face, etc, when we continue to fight wars that we will not win with our current stategy.  And that is what I see we will have with Hilary.  It will be hard enough for her to get respect from male world leaders (they'll be nice to her, but they won't listen to her), but I don't believe she will take a hard line stand and get tough.  She'll do what Obama does.  What Kerry does.  And the time is not right for her socialist ideas.  We can't afford her expansionist ideas right now - because before we start creating new programs, or expanding programs, we need to figure out what to do and fix the economy.