"Ceasefire just started in Afghanistan. Raising a glass to all those who suffered and sacrificed."

[Dennis Donovan]

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Jake Tapper ✔@jaketapper

Soldier friend who has both fought and worked to make peace with the Taliban just texted me: “Ceasefire just started in Afghanistan. Raising a glass to all those who suffered and sacrificed. Re: negotiations, we left it all on the field. Let’s pray this works.”

3:48 PM - Feb 21, 2020

[5X]

1. dotard will see to it that taliban is well funded.

as long as they do oppo research for him.

[Aristus]

2. Trump asked the Taliban nicely to behave, and they said they would.

Problem solved...

[defacto7]

3. The Taliban and Isis have always had a price tag.

It's always been about money in the past. And it never holds.

[Cartoonist]

4. Better drink it fast.

Cease-fires tend to be short lived.

[keithbvadu2]

5. Count on it!

(Sarcasm thingie goes here.)

[Nitram]

6. I will raise a glass to all who served there. But this seems to be an arrangement between the

Taliban and the US government to allow US military forces to withdraw peacefully. The Afghanistan government is not part of the agreement, and I expect the Taliban will begin hammering Afghan forces and civilian targets the day after our last military person leaves.

[scarletwoman]

7. All trump wants is a "win" he can brag about at his rallies.

Neither he, or his MAGA mob, give a shit about the Afghan lives that will be lost.

[albacore]

9. Yeah... I'm having Vietnam deja-vu.... all over again. nt

[Coventina]

8. I weep for the women and LGBTQIA of Afghanistan. n/t

[albacore]

10. So.... the Taliban take over, and we withdraw....

A couple of things about that.

First, a little message to Murika... I FUCKING TOLD YOU IT WOULD TURN OUT LIKE THIS!!! I was one of the minority in this country who said the war was a loser from day fucking one. And I had historical precedent of the area on my side. And I will never stop saying "I told you so!"

Next, If Obama.. or the next Dem President had made such a "deal", the Repubs would call it treason... losing a war.

And the fine Americans who died in this loser war of choice? They died for nothing. Nothing. Along with hundreds of thousands of innocents.

Let's not forget the $Trillions pissed away on this war, and the devastating effect it has had on our debt and deficit.

Lastly, let's not forget to add this Afghanistan clusterfuck to the long list of clusterfucks our military adventures overseas have given us. We have not "won" a war since 1945.

[RussBLib]

11. "let's pray this works"?

Yeah, that'll do it.