<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">The notion that we’re responsible for “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.”<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 30, 2019, at 12:39 AM, John W. <jbw292002@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 5:39 AM C. G. Estabrook <<a href="mailto:carl@newsfromneptune.com">carl@newsfromneptune.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">You’ve bought the entire subtle establishment political strategy, designed to maintain US killing around the world: “ORANGE MAN BAD!”<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>And what have YOU bought, mon cher?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">> On Nov 28, 2019, at 8:05 PM, John W. <<a href="mailto:jbw292002@gmail.com" target="_blank">jbw292002@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 7:45 PM C. G. Estabrook via Peace <<a href="mailto:peace@lists.chambana.net" target="_blank">peace@lists.chambana.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> [FT] Trump says talks with Taliban have resumed<br>
> US president Donald Trump said peace talks with the Taliban had resumed <br>
> as he made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Thanksgiving, <br>
> appearing at a US air force base alongside Afghan president Ashraf Ghani.<br>
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> Following a meeting with Mr Ghani, Mr Trump told reporters that the Taliban<br>
> “wants to make a deal” and that US officials were “meeting with them”.<br>
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> Yes, our bold, intrepid Commander in Chief was his usual articulate self today. "The Taliban want to make a deal. But I'm not sure I want to make a deal. It may not be a good deal. On the other hand, it could be a good deal. It'll all depends on what kind of deal they want to make. We'll have to see what happens." The troops, discerning what a bold, intrepid Commander in Chief now leads them so fearlessly, were heard to applaud wildly and thankfully.<br>
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> > On Nov 28, 2019, at 7:41 PM, C. G. Estabrook <<a href="mailto:carl@newsfromneptune.com" target="_blank">carl@newsfromneptune.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> > WSJ: "Trump Says Taliban Peace Talks to Resume During Surprise Afghanistan Visit” <br>
> > <<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-makes-surprise-visit-to-afghanistan-11574968770?mod=hp_lead_pos1" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-makes-surprise-visit-to-afghanistan-11574968770?mod=hp_lead_pos1</a>><br>
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> > In the early 1960's, some US military would say of Kennedy's attack on South Vietnam, "It's a dirty little war - but it's the only war we've got.”<br>
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> > Today, thanks most recently to Obama - the first US president to be at war throughout two presidential terms - they needn't say that about Afghanistan: he's left seven others to choose from, having attacked Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, the Philippines, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen as well.<br>
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> > But the permanent government (notably Democrat ‘liberals’) insist on removing Trump for fear he'll end the killing in Afghanistan and elsewhere…<br>
> > <br>
> > —CGE<br>
> > <br>
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