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 wont 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 theyre doing and the atrocities that theyre committing, and killing their own people, and those people are women and childrenmany, many women and children that are totally innocentit is horrible, Trump said during a meeting with members of the United Nations Security Council.
So theres no talking to the Taliban. We dont want to talk to the Taliban. Were 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
John Fante
(3,479 posts)Casualties have surged.
100 innocent civilians dead? That's a slow day for the US of A.
procon
(15,805 posts)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)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.
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)You ARE the Taliban.