{"id":27982,"date":"2011-12-19T10:11:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T14:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=27982"},"modified":"2011-12-19T10:14:15","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T14:14:15","slug":"critical-juncture-in-negotiations-with-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=27982","title":{"rendered":"“Critical juncture” in negotiations with Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tman sends us a link to an Reuters<\/a> article which reports that the Obama Administration has reached a “critical juncture” in it’s negotiations with the Taliban;<\/p>\n

The officials acknowledged that the Afghanistan diplomacy, which has reached a delicate stage in recent weeks, remains a long shot. Among the complications: U.S. troops are drawing down and will be mostly gone by the end of 2014, potentially reducing the incentive for the Taliban to negotiate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No shit, Sherlock. First of all, it’s like trying to negotiate with a shark over a slab of meat. There’s no way that negotiating with folks who think it’s perfectly acceptable to lie to infidels. They are not rational actors, nor do they have any intention of adhering to any agreement.<\/p>\n

Secondly, what’s their motivation to negotiate? We’ve already told them that all they have to do is wait us out and they won’t have to deal with us.<\/p>\n

That smart diplomacy bullshit hasn’t worked for us for a minute, yet the Obama Administration is more intent on making themselves feel good than they are in negotiating in our own interests.<\/p>\n

Besides, I remember when I reported that the Obama Administration was negotiating with the Taliban more than two years ago, Caitlin Hayden<\/a> of the US Embassy in Afghanistan came on This Ain’t Hell and told us that they weren’t in secret negotiations with the Taliban. So I guess the function of an embassy spokeswoman is to misinform the American people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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