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Title: Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan sees peace opportunity in 2019
Post by: rangerrebew on January 04, 2019, 02:50:23 pm
 
January 1, 2019 / 8:02 AM / 3 days ago
Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan sees peace opportunity in 2019
Rupam Jain

 

KABUL (Reuters) - The top U.S general in Afghanistan told NATO troops on Tuesday to prepare themselves to deal with “positive processes or negative consequences” as peace talks between the U.S. and the Taliban to end a 17-year war gain momentum.

January 1, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

General Scott Miller, who commands U.S. forces and the NATO-led non-combat Resolution Support (RS) mission in Afghanistan reiterated the need for a political settlement to end the conflict.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-year-afghanistan-nato/top-u-s-commander-in-afghanistan-sees-peace-opportunity-in-2019-idUSKCN1OV1J8?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Mil%20EBB%2001.03.19&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-year-afghanistan-nato/top-u-s-commander-in-afghanistan-sees-peace-opportunity-in-2019-idUSKCN1OV1J8?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Mil%20EBB%2001.03.19&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief)
Title: Re: Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan sees peace opportunity in 2019
Post by: Fishrrman on January 05, 2019, 01:18:34 am
Just keep us here 6 months' longer, and they're be "peace" ...

Rinse and repeat...
Title: Re: Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan sees peace opportunity in 2019
Post by: RetBobbyMI on January 05, 2019, 01:20:51 am
Must be smoking some of that high power weed from southern Afghan. There will never be political peace in that rathole.  It is too fragmented and still in the dark ages.
Title: Re: Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan sees peace opportunity in 2019
Post by: GtHawk on January 05, 2019, 04:40:56 am
The only time there will be peace in a religious war is when one side annihilates the other.............and anyone foolish enough to get between them.