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In “Harpers,” April 2021, page 2 under “Letters,” “A Modest Proposal.”
...By aligning monetary and fiscal policy, we can protect our national sovereignty, rebuild our economy, payoff the national debt, reduce (prevent eliminate) national deficits, and guarantee that the dollar remains a stable currency....
His description is a long term structural policy that Democrats should consider and lead to that goal.
I observed 2 foot swells on Lake Michigan from high winds at the air-surface interface. The water is cobalt blue. Toward evening a greenish tint among the blue water. Plenty of white caps. NO FLOODING! Plenty of sea spray from crashing waves on the shoreline, but, absolutely no flooding.
If the USA military can't secure a country away from terrorists in twenty years then it can't be done. One last peace conference with a president that believes in peace might be a long shot, but, the USA has to prepare for a country that doesn't care about it's people and that is Afghanistan.
It was a wasteland when the USA retaliated after September 11, 2001. Since that point, there has been nothing but instability. Maybe they like it that way.
The allies have left and the USA just keeps believing in the impossible. Don't know why. China will probably mine the mountains and that means the USA military is protecting the Chinese. I don't think so. It is time to come home. Don't leave any military equipment behind. If it belongs to the USA it comes home, too.
The USA military will have to create a surveillance program to understand any mounting assault by terrorists as well as soldiers. Pakistan and the Haqqini Network (click here) are as much a problem as the Taliban and Deash (click here). Is Pakistan at the peace table, too? No, Pakistan invested in the Taliban by reconstituting their numbers. Pakistan will have to ensure their country is safe, too. Is the Haqqini Network at the peace tables? The entire 20 years have been mishandled since Bush prioritized Iraq. The USA needs to take their military munitions and equipment and leave.
The drug lords in South America are still viable and the poppy kings of Afghanistan are no different. Plot a solution and leave. The USA was successful with a no-fly zone in Iraq for a long time. Why is Afghanistan any different?
There needs to be a regional solution in place that monitors any build-up of arms. The terrorist networks are known to us and Europe has as much at stake as any other Western democracy. Monitoring terrorists is already established by the USA. If the UN can't bring about a peaceful solution then it can't be done. There is a reason Moscow is hosting the talks and it is to expand its influence. We all know what that leads to. There aren't many partners of peace at that table. Time to leave.
The appointment comes a day before Russia, China, the United States, Pakistan, a delegation of top Afghan officials and opposition leaders, and Taliban negotiators meet in Moscow in an attempt to revive deadlocked peace talks....
Mr. Biden, in an interview with ABC News that aired on Wednesday, said he was consulting with allies on the pace and scope of the drawdown, and added that if the deadline were to be extended, it would not be by “a lot longer.”
The United States has about 1,000 more troops in Afghanistan than the 2,500 it has disclosed, The New York Times reported on Sunday. That has further complicated the current debate at the White House over whether to abide by a deal, struck last year by the Trump administration and the Taliban, that calls for removing the remaining American forces by May 1....
March 17, 2021
By Alex Ward
President Joe Biden (click here) has a big, looming decision to make by May 1: Whether or not to withdraw all 2,500 US troops from Afghanistan and end America’s 20-year war in the country.
Biden, very broadly, has two paths to choose from. He can abide by former President Donald Trump’s deal with the Taliban, which would require all American service members to leave Afghanistan by that deadline. Or Biden can extend the US military mission, either unilaterally or by negotiating an extension with the Taliban, as a way to pressure the Taliban to strike a peace deal with the Afghan government.
Both options are fraught with risk. Experts warn that ending America’s presence will almost certainly lead the Taliban to take over the country, including the capital city of Kabul. Staying, though, will invite the insurgent group to restart killing American personnel in the country, adding to the over 2,300 US personnel who have already been killed in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001.
There’s simply no overarching consensus on which is the best course of action, underscoring just how difficult Biden’s decision — expected in a few weeks — will be....
