On the recordNovember 2, 2011
If you negotiate while your forces are withdrawing, you are not in a great negotiating position.
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Henry Kissinger
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congress.govIf you negotiate while your forces are withdrawing, you are not in a great negotiating position.
Kissinger emphasizes the disadvantage of negotiating during troop withdrawal.
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