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Re: Tillerson: time for Taliban to help rule Afghanistan

« on: October 23, 2017, 05:25:38 PM »

Only Trump could admit we lost in Afghanistan?

Or is this Tillerson trolling Trump (and making a desperately needed realistic but unpopular call)?

How long until Trump does 180 degrees on this?

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Re: Tillerson: time for Taliban to help rule Afghanistan

« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2017, 05:44:38 PM »

Quote from: Homage to Catalonia on October 23, 2017, 04:56:12 PM

Quote from: AKCreative on October 23, 2017, 04:52:09 PM

16 years in the making all to go back to where we started! Yay!

Not sure if there's a comparision. 16 years ago Afghanistan was ruled in 90% by almost universally unrecognized theocratic regime, while this would mean Taliban being a part of the wider political process.

And no, I'm not confident about this.

Maybe the GOP wants to start legitimizing theocracies?

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Re: Tillerson: time for Taliban to help rule Afghanistan

« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2017, 09:41:31 PM »

Quote from: Nhoj on October 23, 2017, 09:21:45 PM

This isn't really new state department policy, trying to bring some parts of the Taliban to negotiations has been ongoing for awhile now

Ah, but has the State Dept ever tried to sell them Mar-a-Lago memberships before? (Joking, but I wouldn't be surprised.)

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