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spanone

(135,823 posts)
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 12:30 AM Mar 2020

Trump said today that he will meet with the Taliban....

I guess now we do negotiate with terrorists, especially if an election is coming and trump has a campaign promise to keep.

The Taliban have been condemned internationally for the harsh enforcement of their interpretation of Islamic Sharia law, which has resulted in the brutal treatment of many Afghans, especially women.[57][58] During their rule from 1996 to 2001, the Taliban and their allies committed massacres against Afghan civilians, denied UN food supplies to 160,000 starving civilians and conducted a policy of scorched earth, burning vast areas of fertile land and destroying tens of thousands of homes. According to the United Nations, the Taliban and their allies were responsible for 76% of Afghan civilian casualties in 2010, 80% in 2011, and 80% in 2012. Taliban has also engaged in cultural genocide, destroying numerous monuments including the famous 1500-year old Buddhas of Bamiyan.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban


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mzmolly

(50,985 posts)
2. Remember when Obama was going to implement Sharia Law?
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 12:36 AM
Mar 2020

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Imagine if he'd have met with the Taliban?

2naSalit

(86,536 posts)
3. He's trying to find a distraction.
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 12:44 AM
Mar 2020

Nobody is giving him the attention he demands so...

I know this has been worked on for a while but he's making it a thing because everyone else is jazzed about Biden's showing tonight and nobody wants to see or hear from his sorry orange ass. I think we should ignore him more. It's not like he would do anything for us anyway, we always have to look to other leaders so we should let him know he's burnt soggy toast on a daily basis. I bet his hate rally today was a dud too.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,490 posts)
6. Trump represents the political American Taliban....
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 03:25 AM
Mar 2020

otherwise known as the GOP. Therefore, the meeting is appropriate. He's destroying many things here like national monuments and starving many people.

Like two peas in a pod.

KY................

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
8. The US government does not negotiate with terrorists
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 04:41 AM
Mar 2020

It’s been a long standing policy for decades and decades.

They can keep him.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
10. Rump thinks the taliban are a ok, but don't get him started on those terrorist American Moslems
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 12:54 PM
Mar 2020

in NJ.

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