This famous, and often quoted, soundbite works because it's punchy, clear, definitive, and appears to take a principled stance. However, the reality is that both the UK and US do negotiate... when it suits them. Moreover, this rhetoric has resulted in missed opportunities, lives lost, and hypocrisy.
One of the clearest examples of when negotiating with defined terrorist groups has led to a positive outcome would be the 1998 Good Friday Agreement which was struck between UK and Irish governments and eight political parties or groupings from Northern Ireland, following multi-party negotiations. The US government, with senator George Mitchell serving as the chair of the talks, also played a significant role in brokering the agreement.
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