White House Weighs Talks With Taliban After Afghan Successes

White House Weighs Talks With Taliban After Afghan Successes

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WASHINGTON — With American troops pouring into insurgent strongholds in Afghanistan and the United States succeeding in killing insurgent leaders with drone attacks in Pakistan, the Obama administration is beginning to consider whether it has gained the upper hand sufficiently to justify an effort to begin talks with the Taliban.

President Obama met with his war cabinet on Friday, and the issue of reconciling with the Taliban is gaining traction, even as administration officials debate whether the time is right.

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It seems the US will try to gobble up as much ground before the PEACE Talks begin. Afghanistan needs to quiet down for a while.


This bit here kinda took me by surprise.

The momentum behind reconciliation got a major boost this week from Britain, the key American ally in Afghanistan. In a speech in Boston, the British foreign minister, David Miliband, called on President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan to make as concerted an effort to reach out to disaffected Taliban leaders as British and American troops are making to integrate lower-level Taliban soldiers.

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[edit on 12-3-2010 by SLAYER69]

Originally posted by SLAYER69

This bit here kinda took me by surprise.

The momentum behind reconciliation ... to make as concerted an effort to reach out to disaffected Taliban leaders ...

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They are considering reconsiliation in the congress over heathcare as well.

The republicans are perhaps the taliban?

This article is from the Washington Post - Mar 11, 2010‎

Senate parliamentarian rules that bill must pass before reconciliation can be used.

The thinkable has happened, and the Senate parliamentarian has ruled that the president must sign the health-care reform bill before the House and Senate can act on a reconciliation package.

voices.washingtonpost.com...

[edit on 12-3-2010 by In nothing we trust]

IMO, talks are already taking place. At least between Karzai and the Taliban.

Obama is looking for the quickest way to pacify the fighting and bring our troops home. Really would be a big victory for him.

this nothing more them lies & mirrors from media dogs
i gave up believing anything coming from the press, the next thing they would say is they need to stay for longer times, and also remember this is a drug war.

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Very Intersting.... What the hell is going on these days... They now want to talk to the Taliban.... Something very fishy is going down... Make sure those Rifles are clean and the Ammo is dry