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LurkerMom: “In the past three years, the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan...
Umm, president Trump ordered direct talks with the Taliban without consulting with our allies and partners or allowing the Afghan government at the negotiating table. Trump even publicly considered inviting the Taliban to Camp David on the anniversary of 9/11; quite the signal.
In February 2020, the United States and the Taliban reached a deal, known as the Doha Agreement, under which the United States agreed to withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan. As part of the deal, Trump also pressured the Afghan government to release 5,000 Taliban fighters from prison, including senior war commanders, without securing the release of the only American hostage known to be held by the Taliban.
Evidently Real Clear Defense forgot these key facts.
Trump also had a hand in fanning the flames in the other geopolitical fires around the world mentioned in your article, especially in North Korea, Iran, and Ukraine.
