Well, that would be the only sensible thing to do, because there are waay too many Muslims in the world, who are losing their faith in us as the years roll by.
Also, we have a come to a somewhat unusual event history when our weapons of mass destruction have proliferated enough to come back and bite us ALL in the arss.
And not just the US. These radical Muslims can cause (and WILL cause) us a lot of grieg. There is no way to eliminate such a large part of the world's population (unless of course, our leaders opt for another "solution").

But we're not ready to go to the bargaining table yet. Not enough innocent people have been killed here, both here and abroad. It's a sad realization, but true.
We'll have to get sick of war and death and pestilence, before we see the errors of our way.
Bin Laden is looked up to right as their leader. With him dead, he'll become a martyr.and who will take his place?

Negotiations sound good, but for Americans and their allies, I think this would be seen as weak.