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U.S. has persuasive intel Taliban do not intend to abide by terms of peace deal, officials say
NBC ^ | March 6, 2020 | Courtney Kube, Ken Dilanian and Dan De Luce

Posted on 03/07/2020 11:29:14 AM PST by Leaning Right

The U.S. government has collected persuasive intelligence that the Taliban do not intend to honor the promises they have made in the recently signed deal with the United States, three American officials tell NBC News, undercutting what has been days of hopeful talk by President Donald Trump and his top aides.

"They have no intention of abiding by their agreement," said one official briefed on the intelligence, which two others described as explicit evidence shedding light on the Taliban's intentions.

Trump himself acknowledged that reality in extraordinary comments Friday, saying the Taliban could "possibly" overrun the Afghan government after U.S. troops withdraw.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; taliban
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Yes, I know this is from NBC. But I’m not doubting this report. Of course the Taliban will overrun the country once we leave.

No one - including the media - should blame that on Trump. He’s playing a very bad hand as best he can. Afghanistan was lost years ago.

1 posted on 03/07/2020 11:29:14 AM PST by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right
Should this be under shocking news?😱
2 posted on 03/07/2020 11:30:46 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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It should be under “Inevitable News”. But I don’t think FR has that category, yet.


3 posted on 03/07/2020 11:32:06 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

On 9/12/2001, the entire region should have been reduced to a smoldering, radioactive wasteland.


4 posted on 03/07/2020 11:32:57 AM PST by Spruce
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To: Leaning Right
do I really have to say it???

5 posted on 03/07/2020 11:35:34 AM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: Spruce

I guess you didn’t get the memo. According to George W. Bush, “Islam is peace.”

(posted with extreme sarcasm)


6 posted on 03/07/2020 11:35:39 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Spruce

Hey Achmed, what is that droning sound, it had me up all night?

Probably nothing, The Americans have left...

Allah Akh BOOM......

Achmed?


7 posted on 03/07/2020 11:35:55 AM PST by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: 100American

Vietnam 1972. As the famous Yogi Berra said, “Sounds like deja vu all over again.”


8 posted on 03/07/2020 11:38:46 AM PST by mosaicwolf
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To: Leaning Right

Just get out. Why are we there any longer? Why?

Sheesh.


9 posted on 03/07/2020 11:39:38 AM PST by Obadiah (Kill the deep state or lose the Republic.)
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To: Leaning Right
McCallum tried to evoke some comment from him on the Afghan war situation. Trump said we are leaving. They may not abide from the deal and when we catch them like recently when they attacked some Afghan soldiers, we will take care of them. McCallum continued to press and he said we are operating in a police roll there; that is not what our military is for. He said we could “win” easily but I do not wish to be known as the person who killed millions (reference I guess to nuking them all. She continued with Maddis saying we should not pull out. Trump, measurably but I think he was seething inside, said, we did what he wanted, we surged. That did not work. We are leaving. He threw if anyone thinks winning over there is easy, ask the Russians.
10 posted on 03/07/2020 11:42:07 AM PST by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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The first, and most persuasive intel is that they’re muzzies.


11 posted on 03/07/2020 11:42:08 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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On 9/12/2001, the entire region should have been reduced to a smoldering, radioactive wasteland.

And then we should have left.

12 posted on 03/07/2020 11:43:59 AM PST by AndyJackson
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The U.S. government has collected persuasive intelligence that the Taliban do not intend to honor the promises they have made in the recently signed deal with the United States, three American officials tell NBC News, undercutting what has been days of hopeful talk by President Donald Trump and his top aides.

As I have said before, the obligation of the Taliban is to do what God (Allah) wants done, and not what us worldly Infidels desire.

How long before we face up to that fact.
Another 1400 years? -Tom

13 posted on 03/07/2020 11:44:44 AM PST by Capt. Tom
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So what. Did you think they would. They will kill people if we have troupes there. They will kill people if our troupes go home. There are facts that matter and facts that don’t. Here are some that matter. The government is not strong enough to survive without our help. We have to kill a lot of people to stop the Taliban from killing. The people are on the Talibans side. Peace and harmony are not an option. Our option is to spend billions of dollars and kill thousands of people in hopes that some people can live peacefully. Or we can do neither and let the chips fall. I prefer the latter.


14 posted on 03/07/2020 11:46:29 AM PST by poinq
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The only surprise is if anybody is surprised.

15 posted on 03/07/2020 11:46:42 AM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Leaning Right

Blackwater offered to take it over at a big discount.


16 posted on 03/07/2020 11:47:31 AM PST by marron
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To: mosaicwolf

> Vietnam 1972. <

Yes indeed. The parallels are eerie. We will be seeing helicopters taking off from the roof of the U.S. embassy in Kabul just as they did in Saigon back then.

And that’s one reason I’m so very angry at George W. Bush. He had the lessons of Vietnam right in front of him. Yet he casually repeated almost all of LBJ’s mistakes.


17 posted on 03/07/2020 11:47:40 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

Duh!


18 posted on 03/07/2020 11:49:10 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( Bernie Ripoffski Sanders never held an honest job for any length of time!)
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but isnt this the islamist/muslim playbook? Pretend that you want peace and play along nice until you are in the position to strike the enemy?


19 posted on 03/07/2020 11:49:39 AM PST by prophetic (Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be the Cat Food instead.)
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I thought Dunce Bush assured us that the wonderful Afghan people were “thirsting for freedom and democracy”. After 19 wasted years, the lives of many of our best soldiers, and triliions of dollars, look at the genius who got into Yale and Harvard B School on his own “intelligence” and “credentials”.


20 posted on 03/07/2020 11:50:26 AM PST by laconic
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