Posted on 08/20/2021 11:57:16 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
The chaos in Afghanistan could have been avoided if the US delayed its exit for just a month, Fawzia Koofi, a leading Afghan peace negotiator, told The Guardian in an interview Thursday.
Koofi, the country's first female deputy speaker of parliament, told the British newspaper that leaving before a final settlement was reached undermined ongoing negotiations.
"President Biden could have delayed this to wait for a political settlement - for even just another month, just get the political settlement first. They could have come to a deal," she told The Guardian.
"Afghanistan is the victim of back-to-back mistakes," Koofi added.
The US signed a peace deal with the Taliban in February 2020 under the Trump administration, pledging to withdraw its troops within 14 months. The deal included a clause for the Taliban to start negotiations with the US-backed Afghan government for a permanent ceasefire and a political roadmap for the country.
In September last year, the Taliban and Afghan government launched historic peace talks in Qatar, reported the BBC - they were the first-ever between the militant group and the US-backed Afghan government. The Taliban had previously rejected negotiations, calling the government American "puppets," reported the Voice of America.
But the two sides failed to reach an agreement. Then in April, US President Joe Biden announced that US troops would leave Afghanistan by September 11, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
"We all want international forces to leave," Koofi told The Guardian. "It's not sustainable or logical from any point of view to have a foreign force protecting your country, but this is so untimely for the US to have chosen now, in the middle of negotiations and before we get a settlement," she added.
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Biden is a traitor. He is trying to remake America into another Marxist tyranny. The only thing that could have been done was to stop his fake election. The Patriots who did try are rotting in the DC Gulag.
>> Biden is a traitor.
The entirety of his cabinet and appointments are traitors by proxy.
The Rainbow-flag Cartel Party did it on purpose.
No other conclusion can be reached.
It’s not the date that’s important. It’s the process.
Phase One: Civilians who wish to exit are evacuated.
If Taliban cooperates, proceed to Phase Two.
If they don’t, crush them.
Phase Two: Non-essential military and strategic assets are removed.
If Taliban cooperates, proceed to Phase Three.
If they don’t, crush them.
Phase Three: Essential military and strategic assets are removed.
If Taliban cooperates, proceed to Phase Four.
If they don’t, crush them.
Phase Four: Taliban behavior toward Afghan citizens is closely monitored. If they violate basic human rights, sanction them accordingly. This phase lasts forever.
In other words, exit according to President Trump’s “conditioned withdrawal” procedure.
t’s not the date that’s important. It’s the process.
Phase One: Civilians who wish to exit are evacuated.
If Taliban cooperates, proceed to Phase Two.
If they don’t, crush them.
Phase Two: Non-essential military and strategic assets are removed.
If Taliban cooperates, proceed to Phase Three.
If they don’t, crush them.
Phase Three: Essential military and strategic assets are removed.
If Taliban cooperates, proceed to Phase Four.
If they don’t, crush them.
Phase Four: Taliban behavior toward Afghan citizens is closely monitored. If they violate basic human rights, sanction them accordingly. This phase lasts forever.
In other words, exit according to President Trump’s “conditioned withdrawal” procedure.
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BUMP!
That sounds like the perfect plan, and Trump would’ve been the right man to make it happen.
A month would not matter if there was no militarily rational plan for the withdrawal. There was never any plan other than evacuate the military and let what happens happen.
Sadly, I think I am in the safest of states (Hawaii, the population doesn’t care, as long as they are living comfortably)..
Rumor here is that Trump actually won, but it will get nowhere.. (So much like in Japan)
BLM tried to come and raise hell last year, locals kicked them out.
At the same time, those of us who do care can do nothing (here) :\
I can’t even get to stateside because of the VAX crap :p
“The chaos in Afghanistan could have been avoided if the US delayed its exit for just a month, Fawzia Koofi, a leading Afghan peace negotiator, told The Guardian”
I don’t see why this should be “must believe” when it could be just make-believe.
The Taliban moslem invaders would have been gone in a few months - they return to their Pakistan bases for the winter.
Note that Osama had his mansion next to a Pakistan army base.
20 years, thousands of warriors life and 2 trillion, no another month could have not fixed the 8th century shithole Bush tried his lil nation building exercise on.
I suppose the afghan president would’ve not have bolted had we waited another month?
I don’t know how she can think that there would be a settlement in a month. There was never going to be a settlement without the Taliban being in charge.
Slow joe don't know.
The only solution in Afghanistan is the final solution and there is no will for that.
My tag line says it, but it won't be done.
Wish I lived in HI. People who lived there remember it as paradise. They are miserable living stateside.
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