To put it in perspective, I am very skeptical about his 'forked tongue', but I am approaching this as I would if I were the PM of Israel meeting with the head of Hezbollah!
But, if there isn't some true dialogue,and he is going to ramrod this thing through, I want to keep the door open for some positive change in the final product. I can be very persuasive when need be
and have a background in apologetics, so I can defend my position well, with a bit of rapport thrown in--even with someone that I would normally distance myself from.