Reply #26: Let's take em one by one..

[Milo_Bloom]

"You would support a president flying to Burma to talk with the military leaders who have been accused by groups like Human Watch and Amnesty of using forced and child labor, trafficking in humans, and engaging in sexual violence, while keeping Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest? "

Yes, provided there are no security concerns (which I suspect there would be), so in that case, neutral ground would be best.

You would be okay with them staging the meeting on tv in way that legitimizes that regime?

Yes. The regime is already legitimate in the eyes of the people they are controlling... if there are multiple factions claiming control our leader should be willing to meet with BOTH factions (individually and/or seperately) to show they are trying to foster a peace.

You would be okay with meeting them without ANY preconditions?

Other than security concerns listed above... ABSOLUTELY.

"You would expect that a face to face meeting with these people would soften them up and make them rethink their misdeeds?"

You never know until you try and not trying is just bush-like.