[bert]

I will suggest that there was an offer made that could not be refused

During the meetings, the American chief negotiator pulled out a picture from his file, showed it to the chief Taliban negotiator and then put it back in the file. The American actually said nothing. He merely displayed the photo

The Taliban got the unspoken message

[Leaning Right]

> During the meetings, the American chief negotiator pulled out a picture from his file <

Interesting. But put yourself in the shoes of a Taliban leader. You are a crazy religious fanatic. And an infidel foreign power has run roughshod over your country for 20 years.

Soon you will be back in power. After you are done killing all the collaborators, you’ll be thinking revenge. You won’t be going back to weaving blankets.

Joe Biden - of all people - was right. After 9/11 he said no boots on the ground. Just bomb them wherever they might gather.