The Taliban victory follows Biden breaking the peace deal former President Donald Trump negotiated with the jihadist organization. Under Trump’s terms, the U.S. would have withdrawn all of its combat personnel by May 1 of this year in exchange for the Taliban promising not to harbor terrorist groups like al Qaeda, to negotiate in good faith with Kabul, and to refrain from attacking U.S. forces as they left.
Biden announced in April he would extend the U.S. presence to September 11, 2021, the 2oth anniversary of the terrorist attacks that prompted the American invasion. He later advanced the withdrawal date to the end of August. The Taliban expressed outrage at the delay and indicated Biden’s actions released them from their commitments under the deal. The terrorist group’s crippling offensive against the Afghan government swiftly followed.
Then Sippy Cup Joe went hiding, all alone, in a basement in Maryland. Jill is serving cookies and warm milky before President Sippy Cup goes night night.
Thanks, I did not now that detail.
I believe it’s speculative to think that the Taliban would have abided by the terms of the agreement negotiated with President Trump. They are an opportunistic opposing force. If they felt breaching the agreement was in their best interests, they would have done so regardless of who was the President.
Like people with sense actually think the Taliban would have kept those promises. There would always have been some excuse they could have used to default on the promise. Actually, Taliban will be smart to not harbor terrorist groups for their own safety, either from those groups, or from Western retaliation if they go out and perform more terror acts in US and Europe.