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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4971466" data-attributes="member: 54375">&quot;Two years ago, Pompeo began <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/08/world/asia/afghanistan-trump-camp-david-taliban.html" target="_blank">pushing for a deal</a> with the Taliban. Hawks urged him to stipulate in the agreement that the Taliban had to <a href="https://freebeacon.com/national-security/congressional-republicans-warn-trump-against-inking-peace-deal-with-taliban/" target="_blank">turn over al-Qaida operatives</a>. They also asked him to reject any demand for a “<a href="https://mcusercontent.com/301a28247b80ab82279e92afb/files/40d1528d-26ab-4b67-ae99-14371a12b64a/Letter_To_Secretary_Pompeo_Secretary_Esper_2.26.20.pdf?utm_source=House+GOP+Media+List&amp;utm_campaign=962b850352-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_03_06_14_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_38d91d4596-962b850352-147397045" target="_blank">premature release of Taliban prisoners</a>.” He did neither. Under the deal, signed on Feb. 29, 2020, the U.S. government <a href="https://2017-2021.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Agreement-For-Bringing-Peace-to-Afghanistan-02.29.20.pdf" target="_blank">pledged</a> “to withdraw from Afghanistan all military forces of the United States, its allies, and Coalition partners … within fourteen (14) months.” The deal also specified that the Afghan government would release 5,000 prisoners, five times as many as the Taliban had to release. There was no requirement to hand over al-Qaida operatives.&quot;William Saletan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4971466, member: 54375"] "Two years ago, Pompeo began [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/08/world/asia/afghanistan-trump-camp-david-taliban.html']pushing for a deal[/URL] with the Taliban. Hawks urged him to stipulate in the agreement that the Taliban had to [URL='https://freebeacon.com/national-security/congressional-republicans-warn-trump-against-inking-peace-deal-with-taliban/']turn over al-Qaida operatives[/URL]. They also asked him to reject any demand for a “[URL='https://mcusercontent.com/301a28247b80ab82279e92afb/files/40d1528d-26ab-4b67-ae99-14371a12b64a/Letter_To_Secretary_Pompeo_Secretary_Esper_2.26.20.pdf?utm_source=House+GOP+Media+List&utm_campaign=962b850352-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_03_06_14_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_38d91d4596-962b850352-147397045']premature release of Taliban prisoners[/URL].” He did neither. Under the deal, signed on Feb. 29, 2020, the U.S. government [URL='https://2017-2021.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Agreement-For-Bringing-Peace-to-Afghanistan-02.29.20.pdf']pledged[/URL] “to withdraw from Afghanistan all military forces of the United States, its allies, and Coalition partners … within fourteen (14) months.” The deal also specified that the Afghan government would release 5,000 prisoners, five times as many as the Taliban had to release. There was no requirement to hand over al-Qaida operatives." William Saletan [/QUOTE]

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