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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMaking a deal with the Taliban:
LOL!!!
That's like making a deal with the devil. It won't work.
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Making a deal with the Taliban: (Original Post)
shockey80
Mar 2020
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Wounded Bear
(58,676 posts)1. Granted, but we might as well cut bait and get out of there...
Trump will call it a "win" but I'm beyond caring, really.
We lost that war back in '03'-07 IMNSHO.
lame54
(35,302 posts)2. Who's the devil in this scenario?
shockey80
(4,379 posts)3. Good question.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)4. It's always been about payoff in the past and it never worked.
It won't work now.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)6. I feel for the loved ones of the over 2,000 troops
Who died for a mission that just faded away.
rampartc
(5,429 posts)7. it doesn't have to work
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.
shockey80
(4,379 posts)8. Exactly, that is what he does all the time. He is a fucking piece of shit.
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)9. But has Trump ever been known to make a bad deal?
Wounded Bear
(58,676 posts)10. Good, bad, indifferent, he's never honored a deal in his life...
For him, signing a contract is just a stage in the negotiating process that precedes the court proceedings.