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It’s over. Donald the Dealmaker says that he has negotiated an end to America’s long nightmare in Afghanistan, finally terminating 18-plus years of grinding war (the longest in US history).
Only… he hasn’t. His “deal” with a group of Taliban officials is just a cynical, face-saving device to withdraw a few troops so Trump can claim in his re-election campaign that he’s fulfilling his 2016 promise to “end endless wars.” The deal is so weak that Trump’s own secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, could muster nothing but weasel words to describe it: “We are now on the cusp of having an opportunity [for peace] which may not succeed,” he mumbled.
9-28A Trump Flees Afghanistan, but US still there
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It’s over. Donald the Dealmaker says that he has negotiated an end to America’s long nightmare in Afghanistan, finally terminating 18-plus years of grinding war (the longest in US history).
Only… he hasn’t. His “deal” with a group of Taliban officials is just a cynical, face-saving device to withdraw a few troops so Trump can claim in his re-election campaign that he’s fulfilling his 2016 promise to “end endless wars.” The deal is so weak that Trump’s own secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, could muster nothing but weasel words to describe it: “We are now on the cusp of having an opportunity [for peace] which may not succeed,” he mumbled.
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