In a way he is right. Taliban is & has always been a product of Pakistan not Afghanistan. Even Afghanis who belong to the Taliban ‘movement’ were taught Taliban’s (Taa-leh-baan’s) Islamic ideology in Pakistan, beginning during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and were, largely, funded by the Saudis. Currently (& since US invasion in 2001) there are more Talibans in Pakistan than Afghanistan. To address the Taliban, one needs to deal w/ Pakistan.
But, to say ‘reconcile’ with the Taliban is really admitting defeat and spitting in the face of all those soldiers & civilians killed in the past 10 yrs - not to mention their families.
You are right - but America has to get out in some way that is plausible
You are right - but America has to get out in some way that is plausible