So you will do anything, trade away everything, and capitulate at the slighted provocation to avoid the faintest possibility of war? If not, where do you draw

So you will do anything, trade away everything, and capitulate at the slighted provocation to avoid the faintest possibility of war? If not, where do you draw the line? Because this isn’t the first time this has been analyzed, and the math is clear: the only winning strategy with terrorists not negotiate under any circumstances. You call their bluff, and you make known that you will always call their bluff in the future, and never back down. Do anything else and the terrorist can manipulate you into anything they want.