Elaborating on his willingness to withdraw from Afghanistan after the Senate voted to oppose any such pullout, President Trump confirmed on Friday that “serious negotiations” are ongoing and could result in a peace deal with the US withdrawing.
Trump said that after almost 19 years in Afghanistan this is “the first
time they’re talking about settling,” adding that a “tremendous amount
of good things are happening.”
Officials say that there are still matters to be worked out, but reports
have suggested that the two sides have already worked out a framework
where the foreign troops leave and the Taliban agrees to keep ISIS and
al-Qaeda out of Afghanistan. Even if that doesn’t fill in all the
specifics, it is the bulk of what both sides wanted already.
Trump had previously expressed intentions to draw down the US troops in
Afghanistan to about half of their current levels, though with
negotiations progressing so quickly that may be on hold, pending a deal
where all the troops can leave.
Call your congress critters up and tell them to either support Trump on this or they are out on their asses. If all they hear is kids calling about 15/hr or medicaid for all etc. then why should they think that we want these wars to end? If it’s not our priority why should it be theirs?
lol. You writing six figure checks?
With Trump more than anyone I’ve learned to believe it when I see it. However, as one of this boards preeminent commie-pinko-social-justice-snowflakes, let me just say that I personally support Trump in pulling out of Afghanistan…
…I also supported Trump in pulling out of Syria….
I support peace regardless of who wages it, I just wish Trump would either hurry the hell up and f**king wage it or shut up and stop getting people hopes up with hollow promises.
What makes you think congress will do anything ? Besides, all you’ll get is a canned email…. I still register my opinion but the future is in yellow vests I’m afraid.
dave, don’t fear it, embrace it!
The only antiwar comments I can find in a significant website right now are Reason and Breitbart. There has been a sea change in politics in the last few years. The best hope to end forever wars is populism.
Waiting…………..
2020 is coming up fast. Trump has promises to keep, and his enemies know it.
The problem with the peace process is domestic civilian opposition; beyond just the Pentagon’s reluctance or the Taliban.
The Democrats, RINOs and various other Trump opponents need to force broken promises and foreign policy fails; what’s good for America isn’t on their table.
Brock,,You don’t say>>>hmmm>>>>>>>>>>>>
Er, ah, yeah, Captain Obvious trips on his cape again….
I do not like the Donald {climate, taxes} but his anti war actions make me want to vote for him the next time around.
That’s how it was meant to work. Voting off of a stacked slate of billionaires and wanna be billionaires or their useful idiots.
But who is in Trump’s Cabinet? Billionaires and wanna be billionaires. Same old same old.
aes, Yes, by all means raise income taxes, that is a great idea,,also, if the Donald would just make a Presidential Declaration ordering that the weather behave as it did in 1800, and then raise taxes on all carbon energy by 30%, all will be hunky dory!! HURAHHH!
1. Declare Peace With Honor
2. Skeedaddle
3. Prepare for influx of SW Asian refugees as anyone who helped us over 18 years is kind of f’d.
Where was this call 2 years ago? Where were ALL the promises over the past 2 years while there was no democratic party opposition that meant anything? Why does anyone honestly think that anything will change under EITHER the republicans or the democrats, when BOTH have been colluding to destroy this country since 1860?
Do you seriously think the Republicans are going to go along with the withdrawal or any of Trump’s ideas that haven’t been twice through the Koch/Adelson/McConnell spin cycle?
-that reply was more for your first sentence, but your 2nd sentence kind of refutes your first one too.