How Trump’s Plan to Secretly Meet With the Taliban Came Together, and Fell Apart
"Afghan government has concerns about U.S.-Taliban peace deal "What Do the Taliban Want in Afghanistan? A Lost Constitution Offers Clues." "
By Peter Baker, Mujib Mashal and Michael Crowley
Sept. 8, 2019
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Before the end of the meeting, Mr. Khalilzad brought up the idea of a Taliban trip to Washington. Taliban leaders said they accepted the idea — as long as the visit came after the deal was announced.
That would become a fundamental dividing point contributing to the collapse of the talks. Mr. Trump did not want the Camp David meeting to be a celebration of the deal; after staying out of the details of what has been a delicate effort in a complicated region, Mr. Trump wanted to be the dealmaker who would put the final parts together himself, or at least be perceived to be.
The idea was for Mr. Trump to hold separate meetings at Camp David with the Taliban and with Mr. Ghani, leading to a more global resolution.
What chance of a solid peace deal, with a foe who is winning a war, when the uppermost condition in the mind of the leader of the losing side is that he be seen as the hero who brought the deal together.
The focus is not supposed to be you, Mr. Trump. Your focus is supposed to be reaching a deal.
Bill Kristol @BillKristol Mattis says he'll "break his silence in the case of a truly monumental Trump outrage, an eventuality that he has likened to pornography, in that, he told Amanpour, 'I’ll know it when I see it.'" Does seeing Trump invite the Taliban to Camp David qualify? https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=151002988
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