Talks With The Taliban Are Inevitable, But Who Will Be At The Table? -- Tony Karon, Time
The fact that Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told the Wall Street Journal he’s held three-way negotiations with the U.S. and the Taliban should come as no surprise: the U.S. has said that within two years it will end its already decade-long military entanglement in Afghanistan’s civil war, and the Taliban is anything but defeated. Indeed, militarily, the U.S. has been spinning its wheels in Afghanistan for years
The fact that Afghan President Hamid Karzai has told the Wall Street Journal he’s held three-way negotiations with the U.S. and the Taliban should come as no surprise: the U.S. has said that within two years it will end its already decade-long military entanglement in Afghanistan’s civil war, and the Taliban is anything but defeated. Indeed, militarily, the U.S. has been spinning its wheels in Afghanistan for years, now, it’s a long-established conventional wisdom that Washington’s best hopes for leaving behind even a modicum of stability require a political settlement with the insurgents. The question being fought out on the ground for the past four years has simply been on what terms a negotiated settlement would be forged, and who would be at the table.
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My Comment: My prediction .... 2012 is going the bloodiest year for U.S./Allied troops, Afghan civilians, and .... of course .... for the Taliban.
And no one is going to show up at the peace table.
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My Comment: My prediction .... 2012 is going the bloodiest year for U.S./Allied troops, Afghan civilians, and .... of course .... for the Taliban.
And no one is going to show up at the peace table.