The U.S. And The Taliban Take A Knee!

The U.S. and the Taliban reach a peace deal.

Remember the agitators of the far-white have long complained about Barack Obama negotiating with "enemies." They would find a reason to surge up the "conservative outrage" if Obama talked to someone or a group they politically disagree with.

So remember, "We do not negotiate with terrorists!" Unless, you're a Republican and have no morals regardless.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went to Qatar to sign a historical peace deal with the Taliban.

The deal will eventually have the United States leave the longest war in modern history. The war started by George W. Bush in 2001. The 18-year war started when Afghanistan refused to hand over Osama bin Laden, the top backer of the September 11, 2001 attacks in which 19 men hijacked airplanes and crashed them in Washington, DC, New York City and rural Pennsylvania.

Under this agreement, the U.S. will begin withdrawing thousands of military officials in exchange for the Taliban commitments to prevent Afghanistan from being a launchpad for terrorist attacks.

If the deal holds up, the U.S. troops will be leaving in 14 months.

Donald J. Trump had made a formal announcement on Saturday. He even hinted that he could invite the Taliban back to the United States at the White House.

Pompeo went to GOP Sundays to detail how he's done more than most Secretary of States done.

"It's going to be a rocky and bumpy," Pompeo said on one of the GOP Sunday shows. "No one is under any false illusion that this won't be a difficult conversation, but that conversation for the first time in almost two decade will be among the Afghan people, and that's the appropriate place for that conversation to take place."

He went to Doha, Qatar, on Saturday for the signing of this peace deal.

The agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban calls for a drawdown of forces in Afghanistan from 13,000 to 8,600 in the next 135 days, followed by the withdrawal of all troops within 14 months. The deal also lays out the details of a prisoner swap, with up to 5,000 Taliban to be released in exchange for 1,000 imprisoned Afghan security forces by March 10.

We'll see what happens!

The Taliban, meanwhile, must not allow its members or members of other groups including al-Qaeda to use Afghanistan to threaten the security of the U.S. and its allies. The Taliban and the Afghan are required to begin peace talks March 10 under the terms of this deal.

Republicans are skeptical (as usual).

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), the daughter of warmonger Dick Cheney had criticized the decision calling a "concession."

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton who also served as U.N. Secretary under George W. Bush is not pleased about the deal. He said that this was "an Obama-style deal."

Every fucking time they'll slip Obama into their conversation. See it's almost like Republicans can't get over their obsession with Obama and Hillary Clinton.

The deal was signed by U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban leader, the Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.