Another Take On Reports On Why U.S. Secretary Of State Pompeo Will Not Sign The Afghan Peace Deal

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks on the Trump administration's Iran policy at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

Stephen Green, PJ Media: Mike Pompeo Won't Put His John Hancock on Afghan Peace Deal

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo won't sign his name to the pact he and his team negotiated with the so-called Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, better known as the Taliban -- but not for the reason Time magazine wants you to believe.

The agreement is supposed to bring something akin to peace to Afghanistan, after nearly 18 years of war involving the U.S. and NATO, which removed the Taliban from power in the weeks after the 9/11/2001 terror attacks. Under the "tightly held" terms of the agreement, the U.S. would reduce its presence to fewer than 9,000, down about 5,400 from the current figure.

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WNU Editor: In my opinion this U.S. withdrawal is going to take place. President Trump ran on the promise to end the direct U.S. involvement in this war, and it looks like he is going to deliver. This is a position that I also believe the mass majority of Americans want to see happen. As for Afghanistan, in the end it is the people of Afghanistan who are the ones who have to accept the kind of future they want.

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