{"id":28577,"date":"2012-02-01T19:17:36","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T23:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=28577"},"modified":"2012-02-01T19:21:34","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T23:21:34","slug":"taliban-deny-theyre-ready-for-peace-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=28577","title":{"rendered":"Taliban deny they’re ready for peace talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like I said earlier today, they’re not convinced they’re beaten and this Administration is in no position to convince them that they are (Military Times link to Associated Press article<\/a>);<\/p>\n

The Taliban denied Wednesday that the movement is planning direct talks with the Afghan government to end the 10-year-old war, while a leaked NATO report suggested the insurgents are confident they will regain power after international troops leave.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, they sound like they’re ready to surrender don’t they? Well, to convince them that they’re negotiating form a position of strength, we’re going to release some Gitmo prisoners;<\/p>\n

U.S. intelligence officials acknowledged Tuesday that to build trust with the Taliban, the United States may release several Afghan Taliban prisoners from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Director of National Intelligence Jim Clapper told Congress that no decision had been made whether to trade the five Taliban prisoners, now held at Guantanamo Bay, as part of the nascent peace talks with the Taliban.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, they’re the ones who bomb shoppers at the local market, throw acid in the faces of schoolgirls, but we need to build trust with them. Why don’t we give them some drones, too, along with some training to use them accurately. They’ll trust us after that, and during training, they can assassinate some of the trainers. They already have plenty of practice at that.<\/p>\n

In the latest such incident, an Afghan soldier shot and killed a NATO service member in southern Afghanistan late Tuesday, although the circumstances were unclear. The U.S.-led military coalition said it was an attack, while an Afghan commander called it an accident.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yep, that’s who we need to build trust with. Meanwhile, Leon Panetta is telling them that we’re ending combat operations<\/a> in Afghanistan next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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