Wow, General Keith Kellogg said at the RNC that America is in talks with the Taliban to end war in Afghanistan

[basquebromance]

peace is a good thing!

 

[okfine]

peace is a good thing!

That Trump peace deal didn't work so well so he makes a political move. This I have to see to believe.

 

[basquebromance]

peace is a good thing!

That Trump peace deal didn't work so well so he makes a political move. This I have to see to believe.

After Kellogg spoke, MSNBC went into fact check mode with Obama foreign policy adviser Ben Rhodes. Rhodes was skeptical just like you

i watched the segment while eating Kellog's!

 

[SassyIrishLass]

If it wasn't for Israel I'd say leave the ME and let the Neanderthals do what they've done for centuries.

"Evolution" hasn't been kind to them

 

[pknopp]

We've been hearing this for months now.

 

[basquebromance]

we need classic old-school diplomacy, which means it's frustrating and involves a lot of jet lag

there is with the Taliban a dialogue in the hopes of future dialogue, which is easier to mock than achieve

 

[basquebromance]

diplomacy is like Thanksgiving dinner with your most difficult relatives...except that it lasts a lifetime and takes place in the world's most dangerous places

 

[basquebromance]

here's another facet of being a diplomat: they work in places the Marines work, yet they don't get welcomed home with ticker-tape parades. instead they get derided as deep state "Faceless bureaucrats"

 

[basquebromance]

Thomas Countryman, former State Dept. official pushed out by Trump, would have secured peace

and yes, that is his real name. ironic, i know

 

[okfine]

we need classic old-school diplomacy, which means it's frustrating and involves a lot of jet lag

there is with the Taliban a dialogue in the hopes of future dialogue, which is easier to mock than achieve

The Taliban is not at peace with the Afghans. Quite the opposite. Ben Rhodes knows more than you nor I.

 

[basquebromance]

"the Trump administration is a joke. any other administration, there would be people who were knowledgeable about foreign affairs. they showed little interest in key issues like nuclear proliferation. what they did show was a deep distrust for professional public servants. they hadn't come to work, they'd come to dismantle the State Department...they want to dump everyone they can dump, including me" - John Bolton

 

[okfine]

peace is a good thing!

I wish we would get out but the fact is Trump keeps adding troops both in Afghanistan and throughout the ME.

 

[basquebromance]

peace is a good thing!

I wish we would get out but the fact is Trump keeps adding troops both in Afghanistan and throughout the ME.

Trump is the first president since Reagan to not start a new war

America First, again!

 

[pknopp]

"the Trump administration is a joke. any other administration, there would be people who were knowledgeable about foreign affairs. they showed little interest in key issues like nuclear proliferation. what they did show was a deep distrust for professional public servants. they hadn't come to work, they'd come to dismantle the State Department...they want to dump everyone they can dump, including me" - John Bolton

We haven't had people knowledgeable in what is going on in the middle east for a very long time and that includes John Bolton.

 

[basquebromance]

Republicans are still mad that B Obama's middle name is "Hussein" but don't care that Trump is negotiating with the Taliban