With the US-Taliban reduction of violence going into effect this weekend, civilians in many parts of Afghanistan are taking to the streets to celebrate what could be the beginning of the end of the war.
The first two days have gone well, with some reports of clashes, but nothing substantial, and nothing to threaten the deal. Assuming things hold, the peace deal is to be signed on February 29.
The Taliban has ordered its fighters to follow the reduction of violence, and to avoid any territory under enemy control for the week. They did say fighters should remain in a defensive posture.
The US seems to be taking a similar tactic, announcing that they are halting all offensive military operations in Afghanistan as part of the deal. This is encouraging to the survival of the peace deal, as the US isn’t overtly ignoring it and looking for clashes that would justify cancelling the pact.
Here is an article that looks at statistics from the war in Afghanistan which prove that the United States is far from ending its involvement in the nation:
https://viableopposition.blogspot.com/2020/01/afghanistan-americas-war-without-end.html
Afghanistan – America’s longest war that shows few signs of ending.
We’ve been warring since our founding.
Only fools trust the US.
Living in the US = trusting the US.
My country right or wrong, my mother drunk or sober.
Sorry, I don’t buy that.
You bought it, along with the native land you choose to occupy.
Which means he should trust the US to honor any deal it enters because he lives here? That is what you said:
“Living in the US = trusting the US.”
Which countries exist that aren’t the result of historical or ancient occupations/invasions, beginning with the probable genocide of the Neanderthals?
So, … the US is no worse than other nations?
Good point.
So….no one is innocent if you go back far enough.
We agree, no one.
Not me–I came here as an immigrant (and as a legal one, too!) 🙁
Precisely, you CHOSE here, no other better place.
I didn’t have much of choice since I only spoke two languages, and English was my preferred–Canada is too cold, UK is not welcoming, so that left the good old USA.
USA, USA, USA! 🙁
No better place, we agree.
Right, but no paradise either.
There aren’t any “paradises”.
Don’t take things too literally—we have an uber egotistical dude for prez, and a thoroughly loathsome one.
Not that any of the preceding ones were any great shakes.
So, whom will you vote?
Personality doesn’t cut much for me.
Policy and RESULTS are what I look for.
Haven’t voted in years–don’t believe in having to choose between lesser evils.Character should matter above everything else.
If “character” is the main criteria, none of them qualify.
Nevertheless, we will be left with a binary choice.
I’ll vote, but respect those who don’t.
What a blind fool would say?
I did that Jeopardy style and answered in the form of a question.
Choosing to live, the opposite that you preach, has consequences.
What does that even mean? At least relevant to what I said?
Solly bags on the US constantly, but nevertheless immigrated HERE,
rather than anywhere else.
So CHOOSING, to live in a country you vilify, has consequences.
Okay, so Saddam had WMDs. LOL
Living here means you trust the US more than other countries,
that’s all. Of course you never trust everything but people tend to live where they feel the most trust. That’s why the US is THE country immigrants want to come too, the most.
That’s because of leftist policies like free education, food stamps, free medical care, etc is available. That’s also the reason why leftists vote for socialists.
So, the US is better than Western Europe? OK.
Lol. Not even the people who created the US felt that way. Only decades of social programming by progressives has created something like that…
LOL, living HERE as opposed to THERE, means you trust HERE more than gambling on a THERE.
I trust known compulsive liers more than a politician…. That hardly means I trust anything a known compulsive liar says…
Agree. Solly CHOSE to immigrate HERE. He trusts the institutions HERE more than other places.
That is my only point.
“Living in the US = trusting the US.”
I think what Solly meant was that he didn’t trust the US government. You can live in the US, and appreciate the many advantages of living in this country, without approving of or trusting the people who rule it. You are conflating America and America’s rulers, the American people and those who rule us. That is not a valid basis for an argument.
“He” immigrated from another country to the US.
Why the US (?), I must think he thought it a better option (trusted) than all the others, just like the majority the world’s immigrants who prefer the US.