Strange discussions seem to be flowing across the intelligence wires and Threats Watch has the recon via Memri Blog;
An Afghan source in Kabul reports that U.S. Ambassador in Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry is holding secret talks with Taliban elements headed by the movement’s foreign minister, Ahmad Mutawakil, at a secret location in Kabul. According to the source, the U.S. has offered the Taliban control of the Kandahar, Helmand, Oruzgan, Kunar and Nuristan provinces in return for a halt to the Taliban missile attacks on U.S. bases.
I suppose Mr. Obama’s contention that he is examining all avenues of strategy in Afghanistan is true after all. Perhaps we misjudged the man? Oddly, who would have thought that surrender was one of those avenues. My guess is that wasn’t one of the options General McCrystal thought of.
KnightsofMalta
Dan Spencer
Moe Lane
Steve Maley
Dan McLaughlin
Caleb Howe
And I thought dithering was bad.
redneck_hippie (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 4:48PM EST (link)I suppose if withdrawal is baked in the cake, it behooves The Depraved One to strike a deal beforehand. How the CinC walks around with that big forked tail tragging behind is the great mystery, here.
If proven true, this is very bad for our country and the troops
Marcus_Traianus (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 5:09PM EST (link)I don’t even know where to start on this one. But these are generally reliable sources and we will have to wait for some MSM source to ask the President directly.
“Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object—the public good; but they differ essentially in what they deem the means of promoting that good. One side believes it best done by one composition of the governing powers; the other, by a different one. One fears most the ignorance of the people; the other, the selfishness of rulers independent of them. Which is right, time and experience will prove.”.Thomas Jefferson
Don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen... (nt)
larueladue (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 5:12PM EST (link)If this is true and actually happens, we are in bad trouble with the Islamic world.
larueladue (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 5:11PM EST (link)We could destroy the Taliban almost out of hand, if we really wanted to and had the fortitude to follow through…. and here we have our leftist Administration negotiating secretly with our foes, giving concession after concession, like we are negotiating from a losing position.
It will be just like giving in to blackmail: the conflict will never really end, and the pressure from the Islamic world will just escalate, with the Taliban (and other Islamic groups) continually upping the ante… and Obama will continue to give in, until we are backed up against the wall. And then it will be too late to act.
This Administration just keeps getting worse…. Never in my wildest dreams did I believe that our country would be brought down to such a low estate.
Obama is sending the Taliban some new campaign buttons
izoneguy (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 7:06PM EST (link)The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.
Dovetails with the NYC terrorist trials.
redneck_hippie (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 7:11PM EST (link)The Taliban can use the trials as their TNC, or terrorist national convention.
I am fine with Obama giving the Taliban campaign buttons
Marcus_Traianus (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 7:11PM EST (link)-provided they are delivered by Predator on the tip of a Hellfire.
“Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object—the public good; but they differ essentially in what they deem the means of promoting that good. One side believes it best done by one composition of the governing powers; the other, by a different one. One fears most the ignorance of the people; the other, the selfishness of rulers independent of them. Which is right, time and experience will prove.”.Thomas Jefferson
If this is true, it's got to be the reason for all the dithering...... But......
Kenny Solomon (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 7:15PM EST (link)……….. Why does it strike me as only being the tip of the iceberg for our Dictator In Training Pants and the people controlling him ?
It’s almost like they’re setting up our forces to be attacked in place…… there and here.
I’d better stop now or the black helicopters will triangulate my new custom tin-fol hat.
The D in TP is turning his
redneck_hippie (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 7:28PM EST (link)rhetoric into foreign policy. There is nowhere a war on terror spoken of. The war in terror ceased to exist, and the NYC terror trials and negotiating surrender are mere implementations of the rhetoric.
Timing will coincide with the possible need to assuage lefty rage over the failure (please God) of the health bill.