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Afghanistan
U.S. and Taliban sign troop withdrawal deal
2020-02-29
[REUTERS] The United States signed a deal with Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
 snuffies on Saturday that could pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan and represent a step toward ending the 18-year-war in the nation.

But while the agreement creates a path for the United States to gradually pull out of its longest war, many expect the talks to come between the Afghan sides may be much more complicated.

The deal was signed in the Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
i capital Doha by U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on hand to witness the ceremony.

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper called the accord a good step but just the beginning.

Posted by:Fred

#4  Who gets to wear the brown leather flight jacket and give the mission accomplished speech? Will it have a 🌈 patch?
Posted by: Glomomble Squank1582   2020-02-29 16:16  

#3  So, Herb, what would our defense establishment (if any) look like if you had your way? Would you thwart the ambitions of Islam, China, etc. on the soccer fields of suburbia and project basketball courts? On social media? With debate teams? Voluntary associations of gangstas and demobbed cartel soldiers? Mutant superheros? Neighborhood shooting clubs?

Rights and wrongs aside, what's your sense of the domestic scene, absent masses of combat vets younger than last-just-war plus twenty?
Posted by: Menhadden Snore8096   2020-02-29 14:37  

#2  Trillions wasted, so many lives lost. It boggles my mind that there are Americans that are all-in for going to war with Iran, a MUCH richer, populous and organized country.

Ask them to fight themselves, everyone will be all out of it within a minute.

Wars not worth winning aren't worth fighting. There's nothing for the US in Afghanistan to "win" - the only goal of the war has been to salvage American reputation and leave for the longest time.

This agreement allows the US some face saving and a way to leave, the Afghan government will be sacrificed but they aren't providing us with anything worth the trouble.
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2020-02-29 12:49  

#1  The deep state will fight this every step of the way. They interpret this as a threat and a betrayal and will react accordingly. I wouldn't be surprised if they did everything in their power, up to and including serious felonies, to sabotage the deal. War profiteering and and keeping troops on Iran's border are just too important.
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2020-02-29 12:38  

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