Ok so everyone agrees they can't be trusted. Why even entertain the idea of negotiating with them, then? IMO, it just emboldens them and gives them an inflated sense of legitimacy that they wouldn't have gotten otherwise. It's not like there's dozens of other countries even giving a shit what the Taliban does. I'm tempted to draw a parallel with another troublemaking group/country rattling cages and demanding a seat at the grownups table. But I won't

Seriously, getting to the point where you're sitting down making deals with the U.S. seems to be the rite of passage and chest-thumping milestone EVERY rogue band of misfits should aspire to. The U.S. should take a page out of the handbook of world leaders at the G20, was it?.... when Ivanka tried to horn her way into a conversation between world leaders.