Trump’s “Deal” With the Taliban Set the Stage for Afghanistan’s Collapse
The Trump deal brokered in Doha, Qatar, in February 2020 sought to create a power-sharing agreement between the Taliban and the Afghan government led by President Ashraf Ghani—and
apparently hinged in part on fakery.
According to a report from Defense One late Wednesday, former acting US Defense Secretary Chris Miller, who served during Trump’s final three months in office, now says the
Trump administration never really intended to withdraw all US forces.
Despite President Trump’s repeated declarations about ending the war,
the true plan, according to Miller, was to squeeze Ghani into agreeing to a deal that heavily favored the Taliban and
ultimately would leave in place a counterterrorism force of 800 or more American personnel.
Miller went to Kabul for talks in December 2020,
where he found Ghani to be “gracious and respectful” before things took a an ominous turn:https://www.motherjones.com/politics...istan-collapse
The tone of the discussions changed when Miller met with Ghani’s vice president, Amrullah Saleh, who had also served in key intelligence roles over the years.
“He came in and just talked about the threat,” said Miller. “Essentially, the message was:
‘This is going to be bad. And if this happens, al-Qaeda is going to be back.’”

and it took americans 20.years to realize this
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think of the war profiteers 