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Sen. Kerry: 'Very active' efforts under way to reach settlement with Taliban
The Hill ^ | August 20, 2010 | Jordan Fabian

Posted on 08/20/2010 7:53:54 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Sen. John Kerry, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Friday that there is a "very active" effort under way to reach a negotiated political settlement with the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Kerry (D-Mass.) acknowledged that "efforts" have begun after visiting Afghanistan and Pakistan this week, meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other officials.

"I can report without being specific that there are efforts under way. They are serious and I completely agree with that fundamental premise — and so does General [David] Petraeus and so does President Obama — there is no military solution," he told NPR. "And there are very active efforts now to seek an appropriate kind of political settlement."

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KEYWORDS: afghanistan; asiasociety; johnfkerry; johnkerry; karzai; kerry; taliban; theasiasociety
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1 posted on 08/20/2010 7:53:55 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

We’ll have peace in our time.


2 posted on 08/20/2010 7:55:21 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (JUST VOTE THEM OUT! teapartyexpress.org)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Another Obamanoid “fundemental transformation”. Kerry morphs from Hanoi Boi to Taliban Boy.


3 posted on 08/20/2010 7:56:03 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (DemocRATS! America's Taliban!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

In other words, we will surrender.


4 posted on 08/20/2010 7:56:26 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Like in Vietnam, where the Dems then broke it and abandoned the South ?

Kerry would know all about that.


5 posted on 08/20/2010 7:57:34 PM PDT by 1066AD
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To: Free ThinkerNY
There will never be a peaceful settlement with any radical Taliban. Even if the shooting stops all they will do is use the time to regroup and build up their forces. These sick fanatics have in their genes to kill, kill, kill.
6 posted on 08/20/2010 7:58:47 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: Free ThinkerNY

They are serious and I completely agree with that fundamental premise — and so does General [David] Petraeus and so does President Obama — there is no military solution,”

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Kerry just delivered our surrender notice.
Happy now everyone.
Afgan people can cheer the Taliban will begin their rain of terror on the people any day now. Why they have already started the stoning deaths.

The Lefties must be getting a tingly leg at the thought of reinstaling a monster Gov. in Afganistan. What a sight. Osama Bin Ladin being cheer on his triumphant entry into Kabul.


7 posted on 08/20/2010 7:59:50 PM PDT by Marty62 (marty60)
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8 posted on 08/20/2010 8:01:36 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY (Live Free Or Die)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Maybe Bill Clinton was right. Just blast their country from the air into smithereens, declare victory, and then fly home. No Americans killed, keeps them at 7th century forever. Well, that and islam.


9 posted on 08/20/2010 8:01:56 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I hate it when the monkeys run the zoo! Kerry should worry about ketchup flow, nothing more nothing less....


10 posted on 08/20/2010 8:04:01 PM PDT by eeriegeno (<p>)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

And, let me guess, the US will help fund a huge mosque near Ground Zero and near the White House?


11 posted on 08/20/2010 8:08:24 PM PDT by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

John Kerry is a traitor


12 posted on 08/20/2010 8:11:19 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Dems did the same in Somalia under Bill the BJ. Now they will turn Afghanistan into another Somalia. Idiots!


13 posted on 08/20/2010 8:17:30 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama . fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: yldstrk

I guess he is trying to relive the good old days of Vietnam that were seared into his memory.


14 posted on 08/20/2010 8:23:08 PM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: Jim Robinson

and, fittingly, I’m flying to Munich next Saturday! Peace in our time, Senator Kerry. (sarcasm)


15 posted on 08/20/2010 8:25:56 PM PDT by Gapplega
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if he knew how many thought him an idiot?


16 posted on 08/20/2010 8:26:28 PM PDT by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Islamofacist sacks of crap murder thousands of Americans and a collection of faux leaders of the West want to “negotiate a settlement”..

How many secret bank accounts will be filled by the money behind the Taliban and AQ before that settlement is reached?

Inquiring minds want to know.

W

17 posted on 08/20/2010 8:30:32 PM PDT by WLR (Remember 911 Remember 91 Iran delinda est.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

And the Afghan women mourn again and tremble with fear.is this the womens rights the dems had in mind? Or are liberal women more equal than other women? Taliban and women are quite the mismatch.


18 posted on 08/20/2010 8:30:47 PM PDT by tflabo
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To: Free ThinkerNY

He is such a total dumb A%$


19 posted on 08/20/2010 8:33:03 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: Free ThinkerNY; Jim Robinson; FlingWingFlyer; ought-six; 1066AD; Logical me; Marty62; ...

20 posted on 08/20/2010 8:36:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I don't need a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber.)
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