Did the religious barbarian Taliban think they were dealing with Obama? The more our enemies attacked us, the more peace Obama rewarded them with. The more insider attacks, the more forgiveness. Those days are over.
US military targets Taliban forces in ‘defensive’ airstrike, first strike since historic peace deal
By Brie Stimson, Lucia I. Suarez Sang | Fox News March 4, 2020:
The U.S. military conducted a “defensive” airstrike against Taliban forces in Afghanistan, less than a week after signing a historic peace deal with the militant group.
The US conducted an airstrike on March 4 against Taliban fighters in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand, who were actively attacking an #ANDSF checkpoint. This was a defensive strike to disrupt the attack. This was our 1st strike against the Taliban in 11 days.
— USFOR-A Spokesman Col Sonny Leggett (@USFOR_A) March 4, 2020
U.S. military spokesman Col. Sonny Leggett said in a tweet that the airstrike Wednesday was conducted against four Taliban fighters in Nahr-e Saraj, in the Helmand province, who he said were “actively attacking” an Afghan National Defense and Security Force (ANDSF) checkpoint.
“This was a defensive strike to disrupt the attack,” he added. “This was our 1st strike against the Taliban in 11 days.”
Leggett, who called on the militant group to uphold their commitments to the peace deal signed on Feb. 29, added that Taliban forces had conducted 43 attacks on Afghan troops on Tuesday in the same province.
To be clear- we are committed to peace, however we have the responsibility to defend our #ANDSF partners. #Afghans & US have complied w/ our agreements; however, Talibs appear intent on squandering this opp. and ignoring the will of the people for #peace. #Showyourcommitment
— USFOR-A Spokesman Col Sonny Leggett (@USFOR_A) March 4, 2020
“To be clear – we are committed to peace, however, we have the responsibility to defend our ANDSF partners,” Leggett continued. “Afghans & US have complied (with) our agreements; however, Talibs appear intent on squandering this (opportunity) and ignoring the will of the people for peace.”
Afghanistan’s interior ministry said four civilians and 11 troops were killed Wednesday in a wave of attacks attributed to the Taliban across the country in the past 24 hours. Afghan forces killed at least 17 Taliban members during those clashes.
The Taliban have not claimed responsibility for any of the attacks so far and have not commented on the U.S. airstrike.
Afghanistan’s president rejects the agreement’s pledge to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners in the coming days; Greg Palkot has the latest from Kabul.
President Trump said Tuesday he spoke on the phone to a Taliban leader, making him the first U.S. president believed to have spoken directly to the militant group responsible for the deaths of thousands of U.S. troops in nearly 19 years of fighting in Afghanistan.
“I spoke to the leader of the Taliban today,” Trump told reporters on the South Lawn. “We had a very good talk.”
He didn’t provide any more details, but Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid confirmed Trump spoke with Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.
Fox News national security and foreign policy analyst Walid Phares says President Trump could either leave troops in the Middle East, or withdraw and let other regional forces take over the area.
Taliban leaders and U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad signed the historic peace deal in Doha, Qatar. It lays out a conditions-based path to the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who witnessed the signing of the agreement, told Fox News’ Bret Baier on Monday that the Trump administration was able to accomplish something the Obama administration could not.
“They never got the Taliban to break with Al Qaeda and they never got a commitment that says, ‘If I execute the following conditions based — that is if the violence levels come down. That is, if the security posture for the United States of America is reduced, then and only then will we deliver a commensurate footprint inside your country,” he said.
Additional peace negotiations between the warring Afghan sides are supposed to begin on March 10. However, Afghanistan’s leaders have already rejected releasing 5,000 Taliban prisoners ahead of launching the talks – a precondition which the militants say was part of the U.S. agreement.
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What is the prevailing thought about Trump speaking directly with Taliban leader?
It does not hurt to talk, the key thing is what you talk about. When you will disarm, where you will put your weapons, assurances that the USA is serious about the agreement, etc. Obama seemed to just focus on pleading.
Trump plays chess not checkers. He did it knowing they would do this.
Yes, probably, the Taliban won’t go down without a fight. And Trump knows that, and he already has a ‘win-win’ deal in mind.
The Taliban only exposed themselves. Checkmate..
Constant drones ?
That would get my vote.
Boots on the ground with NO rules of engagement. What you see before you is the enemy. The enemy is to be killed. Each and every single one of them.
That is how a war is won.
True!
That should include anyone there …..
So can you understand the Japanese parts of the Styx song Mr. Roboto?
What’s styx?
Whoa, you’ve never heard of Styx? They’re from the Midwest!
I just looked them up. Supposedly, they’re from Chitcongo. That “city” is east of the Mississippi River. The center of the nation is right around the Missouri River. How in the hayull could Chitcongo be considered “Midwest”?
It might have been the middle of the West — back in 1850.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848 and Kaliphornia became part of the U.S. Hayull, it even became a full-blown state in 1850. For Chitcongo to be the “middle of he West”, you probably need to go back a little further than that.
Mother of all bombs [MOAB]. Trump has already used them on the Taliban.
Yes. Drones. Thousands of them. No more soldiers on the ground. Kill them from the sky, and stop worrying about civilians in muslim lands. They are all people who will kill their own kids for not observing Islam properly. To hell with them all.
So did you support Elizabeth Warren’s presidential bid? Just kidding!
Of course, its high time we put in a Native American
LOL. I found it sad more Native Americans weren’t more angry about Elizabeth Warren’s dishonesty.
Tee hee
It’s too bad you’re not descended from of the rich Native American tribes — they live like indolent Saudi sheikhs!
I hope I didn’t offend you. I always respect what you write.
Not at all!
Americans rely on fake news flashed in thier faces from mcdonalds to the doctors office to the schools to the hotels on the tvs and usa yesterday papers
“Obama seemed to just focus on pleading.”– DemocracyRules.
That’s only because he was and still is, one of them. Never, ever, trust a muslim, especially Obama.
To get out of Afghanistan and eventually the middle east.
It was also a campaign promise.
He knew they would do this. So, he “Trumped” them?
Under “moderate” Karzai’s government a man who converted to Christianity was sentenced to death. After intense pressure the man was found to be insane and that is the ONLY reason he was not executed for the “crime” of apostasy in “moderate” Afghanistain.
http://www.standupamericaus.org/sua/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/cartoon_moderate_taliban.jpg
America and the West is really stupid, do you expect the Taliban to honor any so called peace deal and keep it?
Come on folks, give me a break, the Taliban is animals and a bunch of liars, murderers and rapists, just like the so called prophet mohammed
The Taliban should have read “The Art of the Deal” before entering into a peace negotiation.
Trump’s dad must have had the same talk with his dad that I had with mine; don’t go around saying sh*t you don’t mean.
Extermination – the only viable choice
Damn right, the taliban is like a rodent infestation, bloody roaches
Damn right, the taliban is like a rodent infestation, bloody roaches
I’m uncomfortable with this but I am willing to go along with it to get out of Afghanistan and eventually the middle east. Muslims have been fighting eachother for centuries. To have gotten involved with their wars was stupid. Let the Muslims go back to fighting with one another rather than unitied them against the infidel. How many lives and trillions more are we willing to sacrafice? I’d rather move on and cut our losses. Let Afghanistan defend themselves.
Yeah!! Let them fight each other! I totally agree for like 8 years I agree.
None of these Muslims are worth it.
Youre right
So grateful for the kind support felix, she reported in today. A nasty virus resulted in the flu, severe dehydration, uncontrolable functions {in both of us} and no food intake for five days plus vomiting for two days. She’s now on rehydrate drips, oxygen and gently stewed dog biscuits. {Alright, I made that bit up}.
Up most of tuesday night washing bedding, if corona is worse than this count me over and out, I’ve had nine doses of pneumonia, that virus kills lung cells we’re told. I can’t spare my few and she’s only got 50% kidney function after the stem cell transplant. She caught the flu virus in the local quacks, having a blood test for white cell count last tuesday week. Happily I think we’re over the worse now, feeling better.
So no more rolling in blind drunk at three in the morning for either of us {the chance would be a fine thing}.
Keep kicking felix.
Thank you so much for the update.
That is exhausting. You need to take good care of yourself too. Having pneumonia so often shows a compromised immune system. Be extra careful right now. Living in a “sanctuary state” we tend to stay away from people we don’t know and shop off hours for what need. The less chance of contact with the wild life savages, the better.
She is so lucky to have such good care and especially from you. I hope she recovers quickly and you stay healthy. As we go through life, we have to look out for one another. Both of you will remain in our thoughts and prayers.
Please pass along our best wishes to your wife too. Hang in there. Keep that great sense of humor too! Somehow that helps.
We do relate…. no more wild parties for us either…. those were the days……We’d like to be 21 again not a multiple of it.
Thanks so much felix, I’ve texted the ball and chain asking her to find this article and enjoy your wonderful words and that card, it will do her good.
One aside, if I was stuck in some trench or ruin and surrounded, it’s the hard core like you, Ziggy AM, Santa, ed ari Thistle and others too I would wish to have with me for I feel we are comrades, that special , unbreakable band of brothers. God Bless.
Best wishes for good health to you and your wife, Poppey….may she get well soon. The same for you felix, as well as everyone !! And as a side note….we are all still young at heart !!
The feeling is mutual.
Many blessings to you and yours.
As of 1715 gmt Barbie saw by skype your card, our youngest daughter came over by train and taxi.
She loved it and was read all the messages, thanks sent to all you wonderful fighters, agreed, we are young at heart and thirsting for justice. Well done felix and you all.
We send our love and best wishes to all of your family. Many blessings to all of you! Don’t forget to keep us posted too!
Let Afghanistan defend themselves? Against whom? Afghanistain is a 100% muslum state! There are literally no kafir left to slaughter/persecute/enslave/rape and no evidence they ever existed.
Well when they only have themselves to fight, it becomse Muslim sect against Muslim sect. When it is just one Muslim sect then it becomes a piety contest. Those not making those lofty standards get to suffer through lashings, stonings and beheadings.
True enough, even Timur (aka. Tamerlane, aka Timurlane) took time out from slaughtering/enslaving Hindus to go to war w/other muslum states who he felt were too addicted to sweet, sweet jizya and not doing enough to forcibly convert the kufar to islam.
For the kufar the only difference is the extent of their persecution under “moderate” muslums.
“Well when they only have themselves to fight, it become Muslim sect against Muslim sect.”
I don’t see this as a problem but as a plus for all Civilized Societies.
The last person stands and yells.
….I WON….
And as a reward, we present them with their own personal Hellfire Missile, fully loaded and fully armed, delivered by a Brown and Old Gold painted Cruise Missile with the letters UPS* and a horizontal stripe.
*Usa Parasite Suppression
hit the dope fields and see how fast they pull up
Yep, they should be given the Napalm or any other effective pest control treatment.
Erm, one question Mr Pompeo, was the ink dry on that deal or did someone get smudged reaching for their gun ?
It is not possible to make a deal with Muslims.
Islam = deception!!!
Worthless taqiya-spewing con artists!
We don’t have an adequate missile defense system against ICBMs from China and Russia, other than MAD (mutual assured destruction), which is not a defense. Do you think our military priorities are a little off?
Nope. It has worked since the 50s…
The ABM Treaty (anti-ballistic missile) in 1972 prevented us from deploying our missile defense system. We obeyed it, but the USSR didn’t. That’s why Reagan started SDI (strategic defense initiative) – if we had had a deployed missile defense system since the ’50s, the SDI would have been pointless. SDI was never deployed – instead we have NMD (national missile defense): “The NMD program is limited in scope and designed to counter a relatively small ICBM attack from a less sophisticated adversary. Unlike the earlier Strategic Defense Initiative program, it is not designed to be a robust shield against a large attack from a technically sophisticated adversary.” Wikipedia. It’s worse than that: President Clinton signed PDD-60 (presidential decision directive) which changed our nuclear policy from launch on warning to launch on attack, meaning we won’t begin to retaliate until a strike has already destroyed most of our nuclear forces. This has never been repealed.
Our Boomers underwater can destroy the planet 100x easily…
Trump is building missile defense and I imagine that is 2hat the space force will be doing…
Maybe you’re partially right… Too bad the Deep State doesn’t care about America’s national interests, only building a globalist New World Order, and if that means the US has to lose a nuclear war, oh, well, what’s a few million lives if that means you can rule the world? Do you really think Trump alone can drain the swamp? Look what happened to JFK when he tried it. Look at the Clinton body count. These people do not mess around. They nurtured Stalin, Mao, Hitler, and the Muslim Brotherhood behind the scenes and claimed they were fighting them. They don’t care any more about the American people than they did about the Russian, Chinese, Cambodian, German, Arab, Israeli, and so many other peoples who have suffered at their hands. It will take a public awakening the likes of which we have yet to see to even begin to resist the globalists’ clutches, and the globalists will fight back with all the tools at their disposal: sleeper terrorist cells, bioweapons, nukes, EMP attacks, martial law, bank closures, gun confiscations, forest fires, water supply poisonings, geoengineering, etc. Even with a massive public awakening the victory is far from certain, and the death toll will be tremendous. Until we truly restore the Republic, we are still slaves, though we delude ourselves that we’re still free.
I am surprised trump has not been killed yet. It will cause a civil war if he is and I believe that is the only reason he is breathing…
Besides, the Russians have nukes inside Yamantau mountain which are impregnable to our nuclear submarines. So even if we can destroy the world 100x over Russia can still destroy us because we have no missile defense. So you’re back to Mutual Assured Destruction, which is no defense at all.
We have no defense from illegal immigrants which have cost us trillions of dollars and millions of American lives.
We can never stop a nuclear war if one is set to begin period.
We can stop the illegal immigrants but the left refuses to. I would worry more about the illegal immigrants which negatively effect all our lives more than something we can not control. If a nuke is fired every country with nuclear weapons will fire their’s ending the world…
The USA forgot one very important point.
Muslims.. CAN NOT AND WILL NOT LIVE IN PEACE WITH ANYONE ANYWHERE …EVER…
Second point they can not be trusted to keep their word.
You would think the USA understood both these points.
When dealing with murderous low- life moslems , you hire other moslems to do the DIRTY- WORK !
Nah.
You just kill them all or you will end up fighting the people you trained…
Never trust a Muslim unless it is dead.
even dead….I STILL don’t trust ’em…..
At this point Trumps –
“Now WE won’t be so nice”
will unfold = barbeque time for them.
i like it!
Who in hos right mind could ever trust these sand bunnies?
What? Do you mean to tell me that the taliban went back on their word? Well, color me surprised!!!
Locate the “enablers”. Send MOTHERS over there, ONE by ONE till these animals SCREAM for us to PLEEEAASSSEE STOP!!!!
Was the attack nuclear?