The larger questions are why would Pompeo, purported at Trumps direction, negotiate an agreement with the Taliban in this first place? And with all our intel in Afghanistan, how could anyone have missed the Taliban’s preparation for an operation that swept across Afghanistan in a matter of days? There are lots of levels to be investigated in this “cluster ____”!
The larger questions are why would Pompeo, purported at Trumps direction, negotiate an agreement with the Taliban in this first place? And with all our intel in Afghanistan, how could anyone have missed the Taliban’s preparation for an operation that swept across Afghanistan in a matter of days? There are lots of levels to be investigated in this “cluster ____”!
Mark thanks for sending the link. It is an odd document destined to fail. Why would the Trump admin. negotiate with the Taliban while, at the same time, disavowing it’s legitimacy? Strange times we live in. Still, Biden has had seven months in which to restructure the deal.
The larger questions are why would Pompeo, purported at Trumps direction, negotiate an agreement with the Taliban in this first place? And with all our intel in Afghanistan, how could anyone have missed the Taliban’s preparation for an operation that swept across Afghanistan in a matter of days? There are lots of levels to be investigated in this “cluster ____”!
Of course it was Trump who negotiated a surrender to the Taliban in February 2020. You can read the surrender document here:
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Agreement-For-Bringing-Peace-to-Afghanistan-02.29.20.pdf
Mark thanks for sending the link. It is an odd document destined to fail. Why would the Trump admin. negotiate with the Taliban while, at the same time, disavowing it’s legitimacy? Strange times we live in. Still, Biden has had seven months in which to restructure the deal.