Originally posted by Agnostic Muslim
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The Taliban were not carrying out suicide bombings and insurgent attacks against US/NATO forces
The Taliban condemned the 9/11 attacks and offered to negotiate an extradition of AQ/OBL to a neutral country
The US refuses to negotiate with the Taliban and decides to declare war and occupy the country
2013:
The Taliban have been carrying out suicide/insurgent attacks against US/NATO forces for over a decade
The Taliban have direct/indirect links with AQ and other similar organizations by virtue of all these organizations fighting the US in Afghanistan
Tens of thousands have died and hundreds of billions spent in waging war in Afghanistan
The US decides to welcome negotiations and has been actively working to get the Taliban to the negotiating table without preconditions such as the complete withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan
Given the above, my argument that the US should have negotiated in 2001 seems far more reasonable than the decision to negotiate in 2013 ...
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