A Terrific Deal—For the Taliban
The president should have to answer for the Afghanistan mess in the 2020 election.
by Kori Schake
Sep 11, 2019
3 minutes
The relentless spectacle of the Trump administration makes it difficult to hang on to even important blunders, but the recently revealed—only to be canceled—Camp David peace conference with the Taliban, as well as the underlying deal, is one President Donald Trump ought to be forced to defend throughout the 2020 election. It represents the worst elements of the president’s “America first” strategy: a repudiation of what we’re fighting for and an abandonment of America’s allies, served up with a narcissistic flourish.
The proposed conference
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