The February 29 peace agreement with the Taliban presented the date for the US pullout to be completed as May 1. There are secret annexes we were never allowed to see, of course, which have allowed the US to present the date as aspirational. More recently, the Biden Administration has presented it as an “option” among which the US is considering.
The Trump Administration did most of the heavy lifting of a pullout before inauguration, but indications recently are that certain vague violations are being made reference to as a justification for why the US might not cross the finish line on the pullout, while still holding that out as a possibility, treating it almost as a bargaining chip.
Without access to the full peace deal, it’s hard to tell if this is a fair reaction by the US, and that they didn’t want to make everything public from the beginning suggests that some US officials had an eye toward abusing uncertainty from the start.
Now that the US is giving lip service to helping the intra-Afghan talks along, it might be that leaving Afghanistan really is an option they’re considering, and trying to lay the groundwork for. The decision-making process, however, could stand to be a lot more transparent.
“….that they didn’t want to make everything public from the beginning suggests that some US officials had an eye toward abusing uncertainty from the start.”
Same old, same old. If there is anyone left on the planet who still believes the word of the US government they should be ashamed of themselves for their inexcusable gullibility.
Afghanistan has Vietnam written all over it , the difference being this time the marines will walk away instead of running away.
If anything is transparent, it is the rank duplicity the U.S. employs on treaty obligations.. Just ask the Indians about it. Almost every treaty the U.S. ever signed has come under fire and pressure by the U.S. to evade some or all their obligations. Power corrupts and great power corrups greatly, the U.S. is a great example…!!!!!
Never trust the word of America, Listen up Americans! Your peomises ain’t worth shit.
https://www.kitco.com/news/2021-03-10/Afghanistan-is-ready-to-open-its-rich-natural-resources-to-foreign-investors-report.html
The US is looking at all options. It’s probably not bypassed the Taliban hierarchy either.