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Making a deal with the Taliban: (Original Post) shockey80 Mar 2020 OP
Granted, but we might as well cut bait and get out of there... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #1
Who's the devil in this scenario? lame54 Mar 2020 #2
Good question. shockey80 Mar 2020 #3
lol- n/t librechik Mar 2020 #5
It's always been about payoff in the past and it never worked. defacto7 Mar 2020 #4
I feel for the loved ones of the over 2,000 troops Baked Potato Mar 2020 #6
it doesn't have to work rampartc Mar 2020 #7
Exactly, that is what he does all the time. He is a fucking piece of shit. shockey80 Mar 2020 #8
But has Trump ever been known to make a bad deal? SCantiGOP Mar 2020 #9
Good, bad, indifferent, he's never honored a deal in his life... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #10

Wounded Bear

(58,676 posts)
1. Granted, but we might as well cut bait and get out of there...
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 01:24 PM
Mar 2020

Trump will call it a "win" but I'm beyond caring, really.

We lost that war back in '03'-07 IMNSHO.

rampartc

(5,429 posts)
7. it doesn't have to work
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:07 PM
Mar 2020

does not take effect until after the election (may 2021) so trump can pretend to be "peace and prosperity" and still renege on time for Christmas.

if trump loses, the dem president can be painted as the warmonger.

Wounded Bear

(58,676 posts)
10. Good, bad, indifferent, he's never honored a deal in his life...
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 04:48 PM
Mar 2020

For him, signing a contract is just a stage in the negotiating process that precedes the court proceedings.

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