Afghanistan

[DemocratSinceBirth]

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We are negotiating directly with the Taliban because they consider the Ghani government a "stooge government". This has the Paris Peace Accords written all over them. The plan they were working on calls for the withdrawal of all U S forces within fourteen months. Like the Paris Peace Accords it's merely a fig leaf for a U S retreat. Given the fact the Taliban considers the American backed Ghani government a stooge government how long do you think it will last after we leave?

WW ll was probably our last clean victory. We are great at great at winning battles, not so great at winning the peace. That's because we can go home. Our opponents can't.

[brush]

1. Your last graph is so spot on, and we a further handicapped by who is doing our negotiating.

There is no chance for a good outcome with the orange, lying blob in the WH.

[Wounded Bear]

2. We lost the chance for a "good" outcome in Afghanistan about 15 years ago...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. We

We are just looking for a fig leaf for our retreat. Since Afghanistan is landlocked there will be no scenes of us throwing fighter jets off ships to make room for fleeing refugees who were loyal to us.