Officials: U.S. has 'persuasive' intel Taliban does not intend to abide by terms of peace deal

[Dennis Donovan]

Source: NBC News

March 6, 2020, 2:46 PM EST
By Courtney Kube, Ken Dilanian and Dan De Luce

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has collected persuasive intelligence that the Taliban does not intend to honor the promises it has made in the recently signed deal with the United States, three American officials tell NBC News, undercutting what has been days of hopeful talk by President Donald Trump and his top aides.

"They have no intention of abiding by their agreement," said one official briefed on the intelligence, which two others described as explicit evidence shedding light on the Taliban's intentions.

Trump himself acknowledged that reality in extraordinary comments Friday, saying the Taliban could "possibly" overrun the Afghan government after U.S. troops withdraw from the country.

"Countries have to take care of themselves," Trump told reporters at the White House. "You can only hold someone's hand for so long." Asked if the Taliban could eventually seize power, Trump said it's "not supposed to happen that way, but it possibly will."

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/officials-u-s-has-persuasive-intel-taliban-does-not-intend-n1150051

[louis-t]

1. I am now going to pull out what's left of my

fucking hair.

[defacto7]

2. duh

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Treaties and contracts in the Age of Trump

are fluid like water and porous like swiss cheese. I mean, why would the other party ever THINK they had to abide by anything?

[msongs]

4. everbody on du already knows that nt

[DENVERPOPS]

11. Agreed ms

Like we all needed to have intelligence inform us of that..............

Same as North Korea signing agreement with Trump and then launching rockets starting the next day and ever since........

[usaf-vet]

5. Why would they or anyone else abide by a deal/contract/treaty with Trump. He lies and breaks deals.

He can't be trusted. That is what he has done to our international partners.

[Maeve]

6. Oh. Who. Could. Have. Predicted. This.?

[Grokenstein]

8. Certainly not Generalissimo "Art of the Deal" Corpulente, Glorious Leader!

But it's a dead certainty that Stephen Miller and the other Nazi creeps swarming around him are hoping to heat up Cheney's war for their own profit and benefit.

[keithbvadu2]

7. The Taliban's word is equally as good as Trump's.

[uppityperson]

9. And more later breaking news, water remains wet

[left-of-center2012]

10. Taliban saw North Korea mock Trump n/t

[DENVERPOPS]

12. Trump........

"saying the Taliban could "possibly" overrun the Afghan government after U.S. troops withdraw from the country."

Isn't that the same thing he did in Syria????????? And just look what immediately happened there.....

[paleotn]

13. Well, no.

Of course not and who can blame them. Rolling the orange moron is becoming a global sport.

[BlueIdaho]

14. What was their first clue?

That fact they refused to wear MAGA hats at the treaty signing? I swear - we have the worlds dumbest fucks running the country...

[Nitram]

15. Is anyone at all surprised to hear this? It was all a screen for Trump to dump the war and leave the

Afghan government in the lurch. Remember Vietnam? Like that.