“We know the reason why is because the Taliban want something in exchange,” he added. “This is really, Chris, turning into a hostage situation where they’re not going to allow American citizens to leave until they get full recognition from the United States of America.”
Have Taliban made this demand in exchange for releasing the planes?
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In the video with Ronny Jackson (link in post below) he says that his staff spoke to the state dept and the state dept said that the Taliban told them they are not going to release the planes until the new Taliban gov’t is set up and Jackson implies that the Taliban are seeking for the US to recognize the Taliban as the official gov’t.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3992148/posts?page=62#62
https://twitter.com/RepRonnyJackson/status/1434247962201309187
Well, they ARE the official government, such as it exists there.
They are the winning tribe.
It would be naive to pretend otherwise. Just like the mullahs in Iran are the official government there.And the commies in China etc.