[Peace-discuss] Trump in Afghanistan

[C. G. Estabrook]

[FT] Trump says talks with Taliban have resumed
US president Donald Trump said peace talks with the Taliban had resumed 
as he made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Thanksgiving, 
appearing at a US air force base alongside Afghan president Ashraf Ghani.

Following a meeting with Mr Ghani, Mr Trump told reporters that the Taliban
 “wants to make a deal” and that US officials were “meeting with them”.


> On Nov 28, 2019, at 7:41 PM, C. G. Estabrook <carl at newsfromneptune.com> wrote:
> 
> WSJ: "Trump Says Taliban Peace Talks to Resume During Surprise Afghanistan Visit” 
> <https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-makes-surprise-visit-to-afghanistan-11574968770?mod=hp_lead_pos1>
> 
> 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.”
> 
> 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.
> 
> But the permanent government (notably Democrat ‘liberals’) insist on removing Trump for fear he'll end the killing in Afghanistan and elsewhere…
> 
> —CGE
>