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Donald Trump's ex-national security advisor John Bolton criticized former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for distancing himself from the Afghanistan withdrawal when he negotiated the deal with the Taliban.
"Trying to extricate yourself from this withdrawal is I think difficult if not impossible to do, especially to rewrite history about what actually happened," Bolton told Politico in a report published Thursday. "I think that's a prescription for Democratic attack ads that would be fatal to someone's credibility."
Pompeo and Trump have come under attack over their February 2020 agreement with the Taliban, which stipulated that US troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan within 14 months on the condition that the militant group not turn the country into a terrorist base. At the signing ceremony in Qatar, Pompeo posed for photographs alongside Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar, who is anticipated to head the next Taliban government in Afghanistan.
At the time, critics blasted the Trump administration for excluding the Afghan government, claiming it undercut its legitimacy. That criticism has been renewed amid the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan and the collapse of the US-backed Afghan government on August 15.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trumps-ex-national-security-advisor-john-bolton-says-its-impossible-for-mike-pompeo-to-rewrite-history-on-his-negotiations-with-taliban/ar-AANMdQB
One of the few times I've agreed with Bolton. He's still an asshole however.
Oh and Pompeo probably thought he was hurrying the rapture along.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)They have been, AFAIK, ignoring Doha since this stink started.
Champp
(2,114 posts)filthy lies. Republicans never show any honor or integrity. They show lies.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Of course Pompeo can scupper away from the former guy's administration and his own involvement in negotiating with the Taliban. Getting the major media to go along with it is child's play for a member of the club. And Bolton should know, since he belongs to the club as well. In a slightly more just world, Pompeo and Bolton would be trading dirty looks across the exercise yard of the prison where they are serving hard time.
Caliman73
(11,693 posts)"I mean, yeah, I sexually violate and traumatize women for my own gratification, but when you start talking about kids, you have crossed a line".
All of them need to be tried, convicted, and put away for life. Let them watch the world mature as they rot in their cells.
Pompeo is just stupid enough to mistake Afghanistan for the Valley of Megiddo,