In fact, if you choose, you can sum up the issues involved in this negotiation in terms of differing views on the relative importance of the past and the future.
But on the big question of whether or not the Palestinians are going to be in a position to demand from themselves that they meet the requirements of ending violence so that something can happen in terms of a future negotiation, this was a very important step today.
While it is not yet possible to determine how large such profits will actually be -- the terms of some of the transactions now under negotiation with the USSR make the accounting procedures applied to leveraged buyouts look simple -- in terms of the overall national trade picture, they are likely to remain a drop in the bucket.
My sense of things is that Degenhart is a relatively young guy and may not have been represented by a lawyer during the FINRA investigation and the negotiation of the settlement terms.
When one party in a negotiation exudes any emotion that even hints at need, the adversary will simply go to town to exact terms and arrangements highly disadvantageous to the needy party.