Reddington
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US is not going out of Afghanistan. I have been saying it for a long time here. They want to stay here permanently or have permanent bases in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is too strategically important for the US to be left alone.
This peace agreement is nothing but a hogwash. An illusion. Trump has to sell his voters that he is bringing his troops back from Afghanistan in his campaign.
US thought that they could fool Taliban. US made agreement with Taliban that 5000 Taliban prisoners will be released within 1 week of the peace deal and then US made a joint declaration with Afghan government saying that US will facilitate talks between Afghan government and Taliban for prisoners release.
Here is that exact quote of US Afghan government Joint Declaration:
"To create the conditions for reaching a political settlement and achieving a permanent, sustainable ceasefire, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan will participate in a U.S.-facilitated discussion with Taliban representatives on confidence building measures, to include determining the feasibility of releasing significant numbers of prisoners on both sides".
Taliban on the other hand got what they wanted. More legitimacy.
This war will continue in Afghanistan for at least another decade imo. The only way for peace in Afghanistan will be if US is kicked out of Afghanistan. But no one in the entire region wants to increase the cost of occupation of US in Afghanistan. Hence US is comfortable in Afghanistan. Their $19 trillion economy can easily sustain burning of $60 billion a year which for them is nothing more than mere peanuts.
@Mangus Ortus Novem @Crusher @Sine Nomine
This peace agreement is nothing but a hogwash. An illusion. Trump has to sell his voters that he is bringing his troops back from Afghanistan in his campaign.
US thought that they could fool Taliban. US made agreement with Taliban that 5000 Taliban prisoners will be released within 1 week of the peace deal and then US made a joint declaration with Afghan government saying that US will facilitate talks between Afghan government and Taliban for prisoners release.
Here is that exact quote of US Afghan government Joint Declaration:
"To create the conditions for reaching a political settlement and achieving a permanent, sustainable ceasefire, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan will participate in a U.S.-facilitated discussion with Taliban representatives on confidence building measures, to include determining the feasibility of releasing significant numbers of prisoners on both sides".
Taliban on the other hand got what they wanted. More legitimacy.
This war will continue in Afghanistan for at least another decade imo. The only way for peace in Afghanistan will be if US is kicked out of Afghanistan. But no one in the entire region wants to increase the cost of occupation of US in Afghanistan. Hence US is comfortable in Afghanistan. Their $19 trillion economy can easily sustain burning of $60 billion a year which for them is nothing more than mere peanuts.
@Mangus Ortus Novem @Crusher @Sine Nomine
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