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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 02:59 PM Jan 2018

Trump: We won't talk with the Taliban

Source: The Hill




BY BRETT SAMUELS - 01/29/18 01:43 PM EST

President Trump on Monday said his administration won’t engage in talks with the Taliban after the terrorist group claimed responsibility for a pair of recent attacks that killed more than 100 people.

“When we see what they’re doing and the atrocities that they’re committing, and killing their own people, and those people are women and children—many, many women and children that are totally innocent—it is horrible,” Trump said during a meeting with members of the United Nations Security Council.

“So there’s no talking to the Taliban. We don’t want to talk to the Taliban. We’re going to finish what we have to finish,” Trump added.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for a car bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday that killed roughly 100 people and injured many others. Trump condemned the attack and called for all countries to “take decisive action against the Taliban.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/371232-trump-we-wont-talk-with-the-taliban

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Trump: We won't talk with the Taliban (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2018 OP
This idiot ramped up the bombings in several countries. John Fante Jan 2018 #1
With no US presence, we abdicate our position as a world leader and secede procon Jan 2018 #2
So Putin told the Trump Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #3
Dear Shithole: Liberalagogo Jan 2018 #4

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
1. This idiot ramped up the bombings in several countries.
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 03:05 PM
Jan 2018

Casualties have surged.

100 innocent civilians dead? That's a slow day for the US of A.

procon

(15,805 posts)
2. With no US presence, we abdicate our position as a world leader and secede
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 03:13 PM
Jan 2018

authority to our enemies. If Trump refuses to even engage in the process of negotiation, he comes across as a weak, blustering tyrant. He is sending a message that his demands are so outrageous and unreasonable there is no room for any diplomatic effort.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
3. So Putin told the Trump
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 03:22 PM
Jan 2018

suck it up,these are my new Freedom Fighters. Wow, how time has done a 180. Remember the final threat assessment from the Obama Administration was,Putin was supplying or about to supply the Taliban with weapons and other materials.

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