Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I'd say go ahead and talk to them, it just depends on what you talk to them about. Concessions? Ask for them, then negotiate for the next few decades. The worst it can do is nothing, while the best it could do would be to fragment them. Consider that the most effective interrogation techniques are based on building a raport such that the target wants to cooperate. Negotiations can work the same way. Give the parties at the table a stake in success, and at worst their organization will fragment. Alternatively, we can paint them the way they want to be painted: As the enemy. This will give them not just validation for their personal views, but a handy recruitment tool. Talk, and you will find the divisions that exist in all groups, idealistic and otherwise. Might take a while, but what have we got to lose?