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

I tell you, I have to laugh- with tears in my eyes- at the lunacy of what is going on with the reporting on Afghanistan. For months, they've been talking about progress through 7 rounds of negotiations, but they keep saying the same thing, over and over, that the U.S. agrees, in principle, to leave, and the Taliban agrees, in principle, not to let Afghanistan be used as a base by those plottin', plannin' terrorists. 

But, how does it take 7 rounds of negotiations to arrive at that? Doesn't it seem like 1 round would be sufficient? And remember that each round went for a week. So, that's 7 weeks of negotiations to arrive at that? That's all? How did they even pass the time if that's all they came to? 

Just yesterday, the Washington Post published that very upbeat article which included this:

The agreement, which would require the Taliban to begin negotiating a larger peace deal directly with the Afghan government, would cut the number of American troops in the country from roughly 14,000 to between 8,000 and 9,000, the officials said. That number would be nearly the same as when President Trump took office.


Wow.  That's amazing. You would think the Taliban was happy with Obama's troop level if going back to it will make them start singing Kumbaya with the ones they call puppets and quislings. 

But, here is the reality check. This was published just today on the Taliban website. Read it, and then tell me whether you think reducing the US troop level from 14,000 to 9,000 is going to cause them to accept and work with the Afghan government. 

The Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate have been engaged in executing various well-planned operations against the American and quisling armies. These deadly attacks have rendered the enemy confused and demoralized such that it continues to present conflicting stances regarding each incident. Attacks on the allied enemies in Kabul, Ghazni, Kandahar, Helmand, Logar, Zabul, Paktia, Baghlan, Faryab and other such provinces have demonstrated yet again the Islamic Emirate’s ability to target and eliminate enemy targets at its time of choosing. The attacks have further proven that the enslaved army of Kabul, whose oppression against its people continues unabated, cannot escape becoming targets for revenge. The Mujahideen in their path to avenge the Afghan nation will ensure that places previously considered secure by the quislings too will become slaughterhouses for them.

The enemy is affected by intense fear given the Mujahideen’s new strategy and successful attacks that have exposed the quislings’ inability to defend their own facilities in Kabul. Gains are being made by the Mujahideen throughout the country with the capturing of large regions and military bases. The Mujahideen also face large numbers of enemy soldiers surrendering weapons while the ones intent on continuing to fight either flee in fear or are simply killed by the Mujahideen. These are common occurrences.

The Islamic Emirate has on repeated occasions conveyed to civilians who are working with America and the quisling administration that they ought to refrain from waging war against Islam and the country; that living a peaceful life is within their best interests; protection of their life and wealth shall be guaranteed; to go forth in defense of our Islamic values; and serve Islam under the Islamic Emirate’s leadership so that their religious obligation is fulfilled and an Islamic system is established in Afghanistan.

The Islamic Emirate once again stresses to the individuals working with America and the enslaved Kabul administration the importance of abandoning their slavery to the enemy and instead aiding the Mujahideen in defending Islam and the country. Together we must save our oppressed people and Muslim country from the foreign disbelieving enemy that has occupied us for almost two decades.