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Title: War Is A Racket: After 17 Years And Billions Wasted, US Seeks Peace With Taliban
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Zero Hedge
URL Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018 ... -wasted-us-seeks-peace-taliban
Published: Aug 1, 2018
Author: Tyler Durden
Post Date: 2018-08-03 08:53:54 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 1083
Comments: 4
Afghanistan, long acknowledged to be America's "forgotten war", has finally returned to the news of late. But this time, in a shocking twist on the now 17-year long conflict, the US is negotiating with the Taliban. Perhaps this is why the mainstream media has by and large not given this bombshell story the coverage it deserves? Or do the major networks feel the American public has long ago stopped paying attention and will therefore yawn at any headlines containing the words 'US Troops/Afghanistan'? As Daniel McAdams explains, last week US State Department officials met with Taliban leaders in Qatar. At the request of the Taliban, the US-backed Afghan government was not invited. The officials discussed ceasefires and an end to the war. Meanwhile, the US inspector general charged with monitoring US spending on Afghanistan reconstruction has reported that since 2008, the US has completely wasted at the least $15.5 billion. He believes that's just the tip of the iceberg, though. On Sunday, Reuters had this report on the latest surprising developments: A meeting between a senior U.S. diplomat and Taliban representatives in Doha last week to discuss a possible ceasefire ended with “very positive signals” and a decision to hold more meetings, people with knowledge of the talks said on Sunday. The meeting between a delegation led by Alice Wells, deputy assistant secretary in the State Department’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, and Taliban representatives was first reported in The Wall Street Journal but has not been officially confirmed. According to one Taliban official, who said he was part of a four-member delegation, there were “very positive signals” from the meeting, which he said was conducted in a “friendly atmosphere” in a Doha hotel. Could we be witnessing the very beginning stages of a negotiated face-saving exit from this nearly two decade long American quagmire in central Asia? The prospect is discussed in today's Liberty Report: 
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
Blow them to Hell; it's not like we're running out of Mooslum (pigpiss be upon them) deathcultists.
before you withdraw consult history and remember what happened to the british withdrawal. never mind you have helicopters and you will need them
Who profited? Same Ol'.
The US shouldn't have committed to a war in Afghanistan anyway, and should have used other methods that didn't include regime changes. We should bring our troops back to our hemisphere, and work on a new plan for the Americas. Stabilize the continents from the tip of Argentina to the North Pole. Our biggest danger will come from the West, and the South. We are already dealing with the refugees, and there is not even a war going on...... yet.
THIS IS A TAG LINE...Exercising rights is only radical to two people, Tyrants and Slaves. Which are YOU? Our ignorance has driven us into slavery and we do not recognize it.
#2. To: Deckard (#0)
#3. To: Deckard (#0)
Billions Wasted
"There is a trillion dollar arms industry, protected by a trillion dollar military establishment, located in the United States of America. Under the capitalist regime, this industry is not just expected to churn a profit, but it exists only to make a profit. The modern form of this industry was developed in the USA especially for WWII. It was established with money from rich banking establishments from Europe, like the Rothschilds, who were all Jewish."
http://subversify.com/2014/01/10/zionists-banks- are-behind-the-american-industrial-military-complex/
Must. Feed. MOLOCH!
#4. To: Hank Rearden (#1)
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