Oswald in the doorway: the blog of the Oswald Innocence Campaign, by Ralph Cinque

Three Americans were killed this month in Afghanistan, and this is one of them, Christopher Slutman, a NYC firefighter, who was just 3 weeks away from going home. He has a wife and 3 daughters. Can you imagine the grief and agony that is going on right now? They were probably already planning a big homecoming party for him. 

The Trump administration is negotiating with the Taliban to put them back in power, and you can't tell me that they are any different today than they were in 2001. There is no reason to think that. So, if you think they were terrorists then, then they're terrorists now. But, Trump is trying to find a way to put them back in power but without losing face, without making it look like an American defeat. And if a way is found, it will be by eviscerating the current Afghan government down to a nub and calling it a "coalition."  And I hope it happens because I just want the war to end. But, if it does happen, if there is a future Taliban government running Afghanistan, what did this young man die for? It is going to be just like Vietnam. What did the 58,000 Americans die for there? 

And what is really going on here? Why is Trump so eager to find a face-saving way to get out of Afghanistan? Is it because he is planning to wage war on Iran?