Posted on 08/13/2021 8:23:45 PM PDT by 11th_VA
China is prepared to recognize the Taliban as the legitimate ruler of Afghanistan if it succeeds in toppling the Western-backed government in Kabul, U.S. News has learned, a prospect that undercuts the Biden administration's remaining source of leverage over the insurgent network as it continues its startling campaign to regain control...
The move comes as the Taliban has been routing Afghan forces – as of Thursday afternoon it had overrun 10 major provincial capitals, including one near Kabul, sometimes uncontested, along with key territory that connects with China's border. And it also undermines U.S. attempts to try to pressure the insurgent group to return in good faith to diplomatic negotiations in Doha, Qatar, where America's envoy returned this week for new talks.
"If the Taliban claim to want international legitimacy, these actions are not going to get them the legitimacy they seek," White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Friday. "They could choose to devote the same energy to their peace process as they are to their military campaign. We strongly urge them to do so."
Any sort of stability in Afghanistan would also allow China to reap the benefits of prior economic investments in the region, including mineral rights in Afghanistan. Buried in the latest report from the U.S. inspector general overseeing reconstruction in Afghanistan was a little-noticed observation that China has dramatically increased its economic interests in Afghanistan recently, encouraging the completion of a road in the Wakhan Corridor – the sliver of land connecting the two countries. It cited an Afghan Public Works Ministry spokesperson who said, "China has expressed a huge interest for investment in Afghanistan, particularly in the mining sector …
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China will enrich the Taliban leaders with expanded, absolutely secure and immensely profitable opium marketing.
He’s not called Quid pro Joe for nothing.
“If the Taliban claim to want international legitimacy, these actions are not going to get them the legitimacy they seek,”
Let’s not telegraph. Oh wait.....it’s the Bibama state department. Go ahead and take it. Let us know how much money we should send too. (as long as the customary 50% laundering back to the Beltway is done. We like our cash laundered Clinton Foundation Fresh)
We sure do live in interesting times...
I would say that overtaking every province faster than racing goats and calling in 5,000 multinational troops and 3,000 marines to make an egress for embassy staffs of several countries and the United States bring on some pretty certain legitimacy. I don’t think they seek what they already have?
20 years, over 2,500 soldiers dead, thousands more maimed and injured, trillions wasted. All for nothing.
-Joe Biden.
It wasn’t for nothing. We gained critical medical technology on replacing limbs and scrambled brains blown up by American artillery munitions connected to washing machine timers and cell phones by the enemy.
Retired General Kellogg tonight on Dan Ball, OAN said if China recognizes Afghanistan then the US needs to do the same to Taiwan.
Fun fact. ChiComs and Taliban made a deal for Huawei to put in a nationwide fiber optic network the day before 911. Mainly for military purposes.
I’m sure these two will continue just where they left off.
When Clinton sent missiles in to Al Qaeda camps, Taliban provided unexploded ones to Beijing.
Stealing that for my tag line
It would have been best to take everything of value out of Afghanistan and leave a long time ago.
I would like to know what the goals of the warmongers in government were.
China treats countries ‘s like a vulture sitting in a tree watching for a maimed animal to fall...then come in for the morsels it can salvage off the beast..
A comfortable lifestyle off incoming American rebuilding funds.
Over the next five to ten years, you are going to see why we
were there.
It may only take a year or two also.`
Stay tuned.
Taliban take over Afghanistan
Taliban take over Pakistan
Taliban become a nuclear power
India is attacked by a jihad government who couldn’t care
less if they die for Allah.
China weasels its way into the region.
Iran benefits from the association of Jihadi activism.
India ceases to be a strong power, able to offset China in
the region.
The West’s interests wain severely in the region, Iran to
India, and Iran to the west and South.
Europe all but surrenders.
Nah, Russia and China will vow for Aghani Taliban relations and then fall into trap of Afghanistan.
We can help them get intermingled.
I personally have know 3 men who returned from Afghanistan who committed suicide. They were tough and strong. Extremely smart. They didn’t tell me much about their time there.
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