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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (1313087)	8/15/2021 5:17:00 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1582284

Of course it's Saigon. It was intended to be: The Trump administration requested that the Pakastani government release Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in 2018 in an attempt to facilitate peace talks. They did and now Mullah Baradar appears to become to new President of Afghanistan. @ScottMStedman Pakistan frees Taliban co-founder at US request; will play constructive role in Afghan peace... Pakistan released Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar at US’ request to help expedite the Afghan peace talks. It is believed that the senior Taliban leader could also play a constructive...[url=https://t.co/GXcIzPGfg5?amp=1] nationalheraldindia.com This story is from 2019. Before his arrest in 2010, he was believed to be the military chief of the terror group, led by Mullah Omar who had died in 2013, although the news was made public only two years later. @ChrisMurphyCT On the call with @SecBlinken and @SecDef this morning I confirmed that had Biden decided to abandon the agreement negotiated by President Trump, the U.S. would have had to surge thousands of additional troops into Afghanistan. The 2,500 that Trump had left were not nearly enough. Matt Walton, M.Ed Ryan Crocker, former US ambassador to #Afghanistan, “It began under President Trump when he authorised negotiations between the US and the #Taliban without the Afghan government in the room. That was a key Taliban demand, and we acceded" Trump bears a large share of blame. Trump and Pompeo released 5000 Taliban fighters in their weak 'ceasefire' negotiations. Those 5000 Taliban fighters are currently engaged in taking over Afghanistan. Biden inherited a deal and a timeline, without any regard from the Afghani allies. He did extend the pull out, but it could not be extended far enough out to accommodate for the needed vetting time. At the end of it all, other than more time for the evacuation - which was predetermined by the Feb 2020 agreement - the end result of a Taliban take over would remain the same. As soon as the US left an area, that area would fall to Taliban control. Tyrconnell The Taliban broke that agreement in May of 2020.