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The US brought the Taliban to the negotiating table and have seen mixed success. The goal is not to kill the radicalized sect. It's to compromise with them and
by jimbob45 7y ago
The US brought the Taliban to the negotiating table and have seen mixed success. The goal is not to kill the radicalized sect. It's to compromise with them and get them to assimilate back into the population.
- Udik 7y agoI was under the impression that it was the Taliban who brought the US to the negotiating table.
- 8note 7y agoand offering the same thing they did in 2001
- A2017U1 7y agoIn 2001, they offered Osama Bin Laden to be trialled in a third country for the thousands of deaths he caused with 9/11. The US administration refused. Just typical warmongering by a country who is economically dependant on war, death and misery. Such a shameless people entirely out of step with the rest of the developed world.
- jjeaff 7y agoYou should advise Trump. That sounds like the kind of depth of analysis and rigorous process that he looks for in an advisor.
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- blaser-waffle 7y agoAnd they're not going to do that. They know the lessons of Vietnam and the Soviet-AFG experience: chill out, wait for them to leave, then roll in and take over.