The u. S. Became involved and its led to a situation that at this current time the taliban is pretty much more in control of afghanistan than its been at any time since 2001 and so really i mean trumps instincts i think as we often see and we often say that trumps instincts are right here but i think that possibly he has seen this attack as an opportunity to exactly often perhaps clarify what the american position is going to be you know. This is just delaying the inevitable ok you know we should have i think intelligently. In in 2001 go in destroy al qaeda and get out it was should have been a Police Action a crime was committed then you do a Police Action and then you would draw from it all its a reason why the doors of u. S. Allies agreed to join this authorization but i agree. With. Its a big problem for trump because it was during his campaign between 2016 he was against the war in iraq and it was through. This time that you promised a victory so it didnt promise deal with taliban
A result of. These talks actually approaching even if it wasnt widely known that i would be approaching in this form theres concern of course that if the u. S. Does indeed strike a deal with the taliban and the u. S. Leaves that actually that will return afghanistan to taliban control it seems quite likely that would be the case but thats going to be the case whether america leaves today after 8 if theyd left 91015 years ago and so really i mean trump has got an election remember a manifest a commitment to end the u. S. War in afghanistan its lets think back to a summary of that its cost upwards of 1. 00 trillion dollars over the last 18 years actually i mean even the pentagon puts it at 760000000000. 00 its cost 2. 00 and a half 1000 u. S. Lives another 1000 Coalition Lives not with and of course not to mention of course we will mention but so many wont mention 150000. 00 afghans that have died since the u. S. Became involved and its led to a situation that at this current time the ta
I mean trump has got an election remember a manifesto commitment to end the u. S. War in afghanistan its lets think about some of that its cost upwards of one trillion dollars over the last 18 years actually i mean even the pentagon puts it at 760000000000. 00 its cost 2. 00 and a half 1000 u. S. Lives another 1000 Coalition Lives not with and of course not to mention of course we will mention but somebody wont mention 150000. 00 afghans that have died since the u. S. Became involved and its led to a situation that at this current time the taliban is pretty much more in control of afghanistan that its been any time since 2001 and so really i mean trumps instincts i think as we often see and we often say that trumps instincts are right here but i think that possibly he has seen this attack as an opportunity to exactly often perhaps clarify what the american position is going to be you know. This is just delaying the inevitable ok you know we should. I think intelligently. In in 2001 go
The story of the last 18 years ok was of the story of the last few days here my supposition is trump got cold feet because he doesnt know where its going to go and its not a political winner for him with this Foreign Policy blog not necessarily with the American People we can get into that go ahead charles whats your take. I think theres something in what you say here i dont think its as it appears certainly i think trump has had misgivings as indeed as a lot of the us we can say Foreign Policy establishment of course trump is sometimes in not sometimes outside of that circle but i think he would share some of the views that hes been strongly pressured particular of the last few days and weeks even in the media a lot especially in the media as a result of. These talks actually approaching even if it wasnt widely known that they would be approaching in this form theres concern of course that if the u. S. Does indeed strike a deal with the taliban and the u. S. Leaves that actually that
They would be approaching in this form theres concern of course that if the u. S. Does indeed strike a deal with the taliban and the u. S. Leaves that actually that will return afghanistan to taliban control it seems quite likely that would be the case but thats going to be the case whether america leaves today. If they had left 91015 years ago and so really i mean trump has got an election remember a manifest a commitment to end the u. S. War in afghanistan its lets think about some of that its cost upwards of one trillion dollars over the last 18 years actually i mean even the pentagon puts it at 760000000000. 00 its cost 2. 00 and a half 1000 u. S. Lives another 1000 Coalition Troops lives not with and of course not to mention of course we will mention but so many wont mention 150000. 00 afghans that have died since the u. S. Became involved and its led to a situation that at this current time the taliban is pretty much more in control of afghanistan that its been any time since 200