President Trump tweeted that a secret meeting with Taliban negotiators and the President of Afghanistan that was supposed to occur at Camp David on Sunday has been cancelled because of the Taliban attacks in Kabul that killed an American soldier. In his tweet, he...
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9/6/19 Matthew Hoh on a Possible Peace Deal in Afghanistan
Scott interviews Matthew Hoh about the apparent peace deal in the works between the United States and the Taliban in Afghanistan. The American side has announced such a deal as basically finalized, but as yet nothing has come from the Taliban to officially confirm...
News Roundup 9/6/19
US News The US is sending about 600 troops to Guyana. [Link] Russia Ukraine and Russia are close to a prisoner exchange agreement. [Link] Middle East A Taliban suicide bomber killed ten people in Kabul. [Link] The US says it will blacklist any ship that provides fuel...
Weak, Indecisive, Loser President Rolls Over On Afghanistan
That Afghanistan withdrawal is now just a reduction back to approximately where it was before Trump's 2017 escalation! The Post implies that the Taliban are agreeing to this? Highly doubt. What a coward Trump is. Like Barack Obama.
Trump Afghan ‘Withdrawal’ To Leave 8,600 Troops
Says US will 'always' have a presence in Afghanistan Attempts by US negotiators to finalize a peace deal to get US troops out of Afghanistan continue to struggle in the face of President Trump’s comments, which continue to focus on all the troops he’s not going to get...
Peace in Colombia and Afghanistan?
On FPF #388, I talk about the peace process in Colombia and Afghanistan. In Colomba, the new president Ivan Duque has opposed the peace agreement with the FARC. Now he plans to end funding for a program key to keeping the peace in Colombia. If the program end, the...
Ron and Dan: Can Trump Get Out of Afghanistan?
With a peace agreement between the US and the Taliban nearly completed, will President Trump be able to do what his two predecessors were unable to do – end the US military’s 18 year war on Afghanistan? Neocons at home are screaming that we must stay, Trump has...
News Roundup 8/9/19
US News A new non-profit group - US CyberDome - is filled with promoters of Russiagate. [Link] Only two of the twenty-three US test F-35s are fully operational. [Link] South American The US seizes a cargo ship headed to Venezuela carrying food. [Link] Venezuela...
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