Iāve tried three times to come up with something, Iāve got nothing. Except tribalism is hard to break.
Even if Trump nominated people they would be unqualified to handle the job.
āSecretary Tillerson needs to come to Afghanistan quickly.ā
Heāll do so just as soon as they discover oil in Afghanistan.
Two Democrats, in addition to Warren, Whitehouse was there and is quoted in this and the linked Times piece. Also there according to the Times piece was McCain, who led the delegation. Neither mention senator number 5.
Direct from the military, more on the mess in State. And, while itās concerning Trump wants to hand over everything to the Prntagon (run by a general), at least the generals keep saying they need state. In this circus of an administration, probably both because the military canās do it along and because Trump will no doubt blame any lack of success on the military, and totally distance the administration. Generals donāt like to be conned. Too much at stake.
Trump refuses, actively, to appoint people to critical posts at State. Tillerson looks for oil in Afghanistanā¦
trump is play acting at being an actual president. Itās all about his ego.
Tillerson would like to visit, but heād have to get Kushnerās permission and interrupt his nap schedule.
Since five deferment Don knows more than the Generals he is keeping his strategy a secret until the proper moment.
ācomprehensiveā strategy; economic and diplomatic plan; domestic political reconciliation; clear vision
They wonāt get anywhere with the dolt-in-chief by using words that are not in his active vocabulary.
Now thereās something youād never see Don the Con doā¦visit Afghanistan. No golf course thereā¦and even if they do, it most definitely doesnāt have one with his name on it.
Iām also fairly sure that Trump wouldnāt know how to bully others in a comprehensive, multi-faceted way. He usually just zeroes in on one perceived weakness in his opponent, and then beats it to death.
Here is my comprehensive Afghanistan planā¦readyā¦here goesā¦
GETā¦ THEā¦FUCKā¦OUT!
Why doesnāt Trump just implement the brilliant plan for Afghanistan Trump assured us during the Election he had already formulated?
OOOH, OOOH!!! I know the answer!!! Call on me!!!
I was so hoping that Obama would do precisely that, in January of 2009. Heād have taken a political beating for it, but a year later, no one would even have remembered it, and weād have been free of that morass.
clear vision of where weāre headed.ā
Two problems with this.
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drumpf doesnāt have a clear vision of anything, nothing. He isnāt even sure where Afghanistan is.
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If there were a āclear vision,ā then they still wouldnāt tell us because it ends up for us the same way it ended for the Russians and the British before them.
Ah, Senator Graham, didnāt you just say you were āall inā with Mr. Trump? So, thereās no strategy necessary. Afghanistan will be placed into the Presidentās āWinningā program. Afghanistan will have the same success as Trumpās healthcare plan and border wall. So much winning.
Still have troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Gitmo still running.
Wasnāt this supposed to be done after 8 years under President Obama?
āA solution needs to have a military angle, but also an economic and diplomatic plan.ā āSen. Warren
Afghanistan is an artificial country. The central government is weak, which impedes diplomatic efforts. public confidence in it is low. There wonāt be a functional federal military for the foreseeable future.
There are no viable centralized institutions for overseeing economic growth. It lacks the ability to influence monetary policy because it lacks a financial system. There is a banking sector, but itās corrupt.
In light of all this, there isnāt a āsolutionā that leverages the Afghan military, government, or economy because they are corrupt and weak to non-existent. Sen. Warren knows this. Why is she spouting this inane pseudo-policy twaddle?
According to the Voice of America website (first one that came up when I Googled) the fifth Senator was David Perdue (R-GA).