Trump released 5,000 "Willie Hortons" and now they are leading the attack on Kabul

[BoyNextDoor]

Trump released 5,000 "Willie Hortons" and now they are leading the attack on Kabul

I believe that this pretty much sums it up:


One year ago, the Donald released 5000 Taliban fighters in exchange for a cease-fire to help his flailing presidential campaign, despite strenuous objections from both the Pentagon and the Afghan government. President Ashraf Ghani warned that their release would be a "danger to the world."

We are finding out that many of these fighters entering Kabul, such as Mawlavi Talib, are top Taliban commanders who oversaw the assaults of the key cities this week. And they go up from there.

The disaster unfolding in Afghanistan came from the deal that Trump made a year ago

Keep in mind that Donald J. Trump invited the Taliban to Camp David the week of September 11 to strike what was essentially a surrender deal, but cancelled after the obvious backlash of hosting the Taliban on 9/11. Instead, he sent Pompeo to Qatar to sign the deal with the Taliban, and announced that he had given the Taliban everything they asked for because "everyone is tired of war."

Trump even had private discussions with the top Taliban leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. I could only imagine what was said and promised. Not only did Trump cave to the Taliban by giving them everything they asked for, but no members of the Afghan government were present. None. Trump completely cut them out of the deal.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, who was appointed under George W. Bush, blames Trump's "peace" deal with what is happening now because Trump would only work with the Taliban and completely delegitimized the Afghan government.

To be clear, Trump's deal was a complete disgrace that diminished our allies and strengthened the enemy. Trump reinforced the Taliban with their top fighters, and promised a quick retreat of American forces.

This essentially would establish the Taliban as the defacto regime once US forces left. Trump is now lying, to no one's surprise, saying that the peace accord he signed was "conditions-based." It wasn't.

 

[AlterErgo]

I thought you wanted GITMO closed?

 

[RobDownSouth]

Debacles such as the above make the efforts of real diplomacy (think: Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt) seem all the more awesome.

 

[Dribble]

This is on more than just Trump. He is an idiot. But this debacle belongs to both parties

 

[Lazaran]

This is on more than just Trump. He is an idiot. But this debacle belongs to both parties

No. THIS debacle falls directly on the traitor in chief.

BND's article lays it out in detail.

JFC

SAD!!!

 

[BoyNextDoor]

This is on more than just Trump. He is an idiot. But this debacle belongs to both parties

The release of 5,000 terrorists over the objections of the Pentagon and our allies while not getting the Afghanis to the table for that agreement falls square on Trump.

That we are there at all - 100% owned by all the elected assholes on both parties that voted for the AUMF and let it keep going and going and going ...

 

[Wrong Element]

As the New York Times points out in a piece that mostly predicts Biden's political doom, both candidates in 2020 used "We're going to leave Afghanistan" as an applause line.

Everyone pretending that this wasn't going to happen is lying to others if not themselves. Trump's deals with the Taliban were fully in keeping with his beliefs about "shithole countries." There's no need for anyone to give credence to the crocodile tears of him or his cult.

 

[AlterErgo]

no one is arguing the war had to end

18 yrs ago

but its end was fucked up by a weak and meek and out of touch *POTUS

 

[vastiesmith100]

let's ask bidden if he cn tell us who the last person who die was.

Or ask bin to talk to a mother who lost a son to shit war.

 

[Rightguide]

I believe that this pretty much sums it up:


One year ago, the Donald released 5000 Taliban fighters in exchange for a cease-fire to help his flailing presidential campaign, despite strenuous objections from both the Pentagon and the Afghan government. President Ashraf Ghani warned that their release would be a "danger to the world."

We are finding out that many of these fighters entering Kabul, such as Mawlavi Talib, are top Taliban commanders who oversaw the assaults of the key cities this week. And they go up from there.

The disaster unfolding in Afghanistan came from the deal that Trump made a year ago

Keep in mind that Donald J. Trump invited the Taliban to Camp David the week of September 11 to strike what was essentially a surrender deal, but cancelled after the obvious backlash of hosting the Taliban on 9/11. Instead, he sent Pompeo to Qatar to sign the deal with the Taliban, and announced that he had given the Taliban everything they asked for because "everyone is tired of war."

Trump even had private discussions with the top Taliban leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. I could only imagine what was said and promised. Not only did Trump cave to the Taliban by giving them everything they asked for, but no members of the Afghan government were present. None. Trump completely cut them out of the deal.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker, who was appointed under George W. Bush, blames Trump's "peace" deal with what is happening now because Trump would only work with the Taliban and completely delegitimized the Afghan government.

To be clear, Trump's deal was a complete disgrace that diminished our allies and strengthened the enemy. Trump reinforced the Taliban with their top fighters, and promised a quick retreat of American forces.

This essentially would establish the Taliban as the defacto regime once US forces left. Trump is now lying, to no one's surprise, saying that the peace accord he signed was "conditions-based." It wasn't.

Your source is wrong. Understand the release of those Afghan prisoners, they were not being held by the US government, but by the Afghan government, was conditional of several other things the Taliban failed to live up to. The release was carried out by the Afghans. Yes, they were being pressed by the US negotiator, but those prisoners were in Afghan control and ir was also supposed to be a prisoner exchange.

 

[YDB95]

Or ask bin to talk to a mother who lost a son to shit war.

Since he just appointed Khizr Khan to the Commission on International Religious Freedom, he probably has spoken to his wife recently as well.

 

[KeithD]

Since he just appointed Khizr Khan to the Commission on International Religious Freedom, he probably has spoken to his wife recently as well.

The Khans being neighbors of mine, I can confirm that he has.