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

I thought of another American absurdity. We keep insisting that the Taliban give assurances that Afghanistan won't be used as a terrorist staging area. Of course, as far as we are concerned, the Taliban is practicing terrorism right now, since they are killing American soldiers and a great many more Afghan soldiers and other government personnel. However, they don't consider it terrorism. They consider it waging a war against intruders and infidels. But, what about us? We are in Afghanistan, currently about 14,000 strong. Then there are about as many troops from other countries who are working with us. Then there is the whole Afghan Army  which is about a quarter million soldiers. Despite all that military muscle, there was a terrorist act in Kabul the other day at a wedding which killed about 70 people. Why didn't we prevent that? Why didn't the Afghan government prevent it? Why didn't the Afghan Military prevent it? If we and they can't stop terrorist acts from occurring in Afghanistan, how can we demand that Taliban give assurances that they can and will? 

And of course, we can't stop the terrorist acts (read: mass shootings) which occur here in the U.S. on a frequent and regular basis. So, if we can't do it, how can we expect the Taliban to do it? 

And there is yet another thing: We have said all along, and we are still saying that following the peace deal between us and the Taliban, that there have to be intra-Afghan talks, presumably about reorganizing the government to include the Taliban. Well, if that happens, then whatever government emerges from it, won't it be their responsibility to control what happens in Afghanistan? We've said all along that we are not going to order the current government to dissolve and hand everything over to the Taliban. Yet, when we talk like it will be the Taliban's responsibility to police all terrorist activity in Afghanistan, it sounds like we don't believe ourselves. It sounds like we know that, in reality, the Taliban is going to be in  charge  and run everything, and therefore, we are just paying lip service to the idea of a coalition government. Otherwise, why don't we wait until the new government is in place?

But, they don't even think about the  contradictions and absurdities in their spewings.  They just spew.