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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

All I've Got To Say

Trump struck a deal with the Taliban.

This is from a February 29, 2020 BBC article:

The US and the Taliban have signed an “agreement for bringing peace” to Afghanistan after more than 18 years of conflict.
The US and Nato allies have agreed to withdraw all troops within 14 months if the militants uphold the deal.
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He (Trump) said US troops had been killing terrorists in Afghanistan “by the thousands” and now it was “time for someone else to do that work and it will be the Taliban and it could be surrounding countries”.

N.b.: Trump met with the Taliban, NOT the sitting Afghan government. He struck this deal with the Taliban, NOT the sitting Afghan government. 

 What was in that agreement that 45 made with the Taliban, NOT the sitting Afghan government?

Within the first 135 days of the deal the US will reduce its forces in Afghanistan to 8,600, with allies also drawing down their forces proportionately.

The move would allow US President Donald Trump to show that he has brought troops home ahead of the US presidential election in November.

The deal also provides for a prisoner swap. Some 5,000 Taliban prisoners and 1,000 Afghan security force prisoners would be exchanged by 10 March, when talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government are due to start.

Part of Mr. Idiot's deal was to remove all US troops by May of this year. Also, the Taliban had to ixnay their 'friends with benefits' relationship with Al Queda.

So then, Mr. Art of the Totally Fucked Deal met with the Taliban (NOT the sitting Afghan government) and made agreements, which Biden had to honor. He did. There are oodles of reasons why it’s good for us to be out of the 20 year war that Georgy boy kicked off. It’s just a bloody shame that the massively incompetent 45 and his inept, bungling, clown car administration made that deal.

Plus, didya notice that, after three years of doing nothing beyond destroying all the good that Obama accomplished, just as 45's reelection performance was gearing up, him and his idiot Klan decided to see foreign policy as a campaign booster. Granted, they totally fucked up but that could have been easily predicted. Additionally, it could be argued that his entire presidency was nothing more than a stage performance, an audition for reelection.

Has the Taliban kept up their end of the deal? Not according to the U.N.

"There is still clearly a close relationship between Al Qaeda and the Taliban," said Edmund Fitton-Brown, the coordinator of the U.N. panel responsible for tracking the Taliban and terrorist groups in Afghanistan. (source)
I’m glad we’re outta there and I don’t blame Biden for Dubya’s and 45’s botched bullshit. No, I don’t blame Obama either. The man had enough on his hands with cleaning up after Boy Blunder, the warmup act to Idiots R Us.

That’s all I have to say about this insane sitch. Honest!

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