Dec. 24, 2020
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Dec. 24, 2020
WASHINGTON – Less than a month before U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes office, many have attempted to second-guess every aspect of his incoming administration’s policy. While his response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economy will undoubtedly dominate his early months, Middle East observers have attempted to determine how he will tackle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and whether he will attempt to revive the dormant peace process.
again negotiations that the president has coordinated between the u.s. government and the taliban. so this time the president appears to be announcing this massive withdrawal, about a third of the u.s. soldiers who are currently in afghanistan, only days after his peace envoy resumed negotiations with the taliban in what was, again, another surprise decision, even for many american officials. so now as always this drawdown it s consistent with the president s long-term policy on afghanistan, he s always said that he intends to untangle u.s. soldiers from these inn termable wars and afghanistan has been the longest and most expensive military ventures in u.s. history. keir, as the washington post so-called afghanistan papers show the u.s. and its allies have almost nothing to show for 18 years of war and occupation and three presidential administrations have consistently misrepresented the war s progress to the american public, but, you know, any american military expert will tell you
that includes 80 killed at a wedding, a bombing that has been claimed by isis in afghanistan. the president said yesterday that he will leave some u.s. troops in afghanistan to deal with intelligence and air support even though his peace envoy to the talks with the taliban had discussed with the taliban their demand to remove all u.s. troops. mark esper in that exclusive interview would not say whether the president had agreed to leave any troops. secretary mattis resigned when the president decided to pull troops out of syria. that was his red line. would you resign if the president announced that he was pulling all u.s. troops out of afghanistan or the middle east? what is your red line. i learned many years ago not to declare red lines. that s hypothetical. my issue with any person i ever worked for is i would never do anything that is either illegal, immoral or unethical. i don t believe the president
when you re 19 years you become a police force which we want to get out of a lot of areas. heather: the state department says the us forces have long in conditions based adjustments over the years have been condition based and any future with directions or withdrawal will also be conditions based and senator lindsey graham tweeting skepticism saying very interested to see what deal is made with the taliban in afghanistan. al qaeda and isis will never be at the negotiating table and the peace envoy in charge of this, cutting their next for the next stage of talks that have the next round of talks. of the taliban do their part and we do our part we will have an agreement. heather: 19 years is a long time. how about this? did you see donald trump wrapping up his attacks on
beyond our borders, the taliban and washington s peace envoy are said to be close to reaching an agreement on u.s. troop withdrawal from afghanistan, that s according to a spokesman for the tele- man. talks are focusing on a possible u.s. withdrawal and the afghan government has not been a part of these talks. the vatican says the conviction of australian cardinal george pell for molesting two choirboys in the 1990s is painful, the decision was handed down by a court in australia. the vatican assists he has a right to defend himself until the appeals process is completed. british prime minister theresa may is giving parliament the power to divert britain away from a disruptive and chaotic brexit. approve the agreement she struc struck, leave the block without a deal, or ask the you to delay