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I still don’t like the idea of any country deciding that they take out whoever they like in another sovereign country.
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I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highwaysI don’t “like” it and am sure the USA does not like it either Purwell, but it is necessary.
This was a man that has instigated the murder of many thousands of innocent men, women and children (civilians) all over the World, including in the USA. The target for this attack himself did not take any notice of borders.
One drone strike in another sovereign country – on a man that is (at least officially) nothing to do with the government and running of that country?
Do it!
Well done USA.
Value Is EverythingSpot on. GT!
However, let’s hope that this act is only an isolated one and it doesn’t turn into a wider conflict…
Don’t be naive, it is already part of a wider conflict.
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I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highwaysExplain please Purwell.
This “naive” person does not understand what you mean by “already part of a wider conflict”.Value Is EverythingI don’t follow American politics that much but don’t they have mid term elections coming up with Biden’s approval ratings in the toilet?
Anyway I’m sure it’s nothing to do with that.
Purwell, could this be the wider conflict you are referring to?
“Senior Biden administration officials are working with Taliban leadership on a mechanism to allow Afghanistan’s government to use its central bank reserves to deal with a severe hunger crisis without giving the former militant group free rein, aiming to avert a humanitarian disaster that aid groups estimate could harm millions, according to three people briefed on the matter…”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/06/28/taliban-afghanistan-white-house-money/
I wonder if there was a deal done somehow between the Taleban and the USA.
Al Qaeda and the Taleban are not too friendly and protests seem to be token only.I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I crawled on six crooked highwaysTaliban don’t want to make it look as though they care about Al Qaeda.
Doesn’t look good for Taliban anyway. Al Qaeda’s top man being found in the centre of their capital city. Makes it look like the Taliban are turning a blind eye after saying they would never again allow Al Qaeda to use Afghanistan for planning attacks.
So Taliban were never going to complain too much about this attack. Otherwise it would appear obvious they are harbouring Al Qaeda and therefore making the Taliban themselves once again a necessary target for the USA.
Value Is EverythingGT,
As reported by the BBC,
“He (Ayman al-Zawahiri) was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday…”
It wouldn’t surprise me at all if the Taliban tipped-off the CIA of his whereabouts. After all, it’s no coincidence that the drone strike had occurred at the time the US and Taliban were in the midst of negotiations worth $billions in previously “frozen” reserves…
There’s been US Taliban talks going on more or less all the time since the former’s departure from Afghanistan. So it is in all probability just a coincidence, Turk.
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