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The purpose of this essay is to consider the viability of the current US strategy to combat terror, the appropriateness of negotiating with absolute and contingent terrorist organizations, and the implications of negotiations in view of US National Security Policy. The 9/11 terrorists attacks prompted US lawmakers to reconsider the efficacy of US National Security Strategy. What ensued was a change in US National Security Strategy doctrine, which among other changes, outlined the United States' policy of not negotiating with terrorists. While current US policy clearly establishes the US's resolve not to have democracy encumbered or its' sovereignty questioned, some stipulate that the fruits of such a policy have yet to be produced. Increasing terrorist activity in Iraq, resurgent terrorist activity in Afghanistan, and Bin Laden's ability to elude capture and direct credible attacks, call into question the effectiveness of the US's stated policy of non-negotiation with terrorists.