GOP Rep Criticizes Trump Plan to Invite Taliban to U.S.: I Don’t Want to See These Terrorists Step Foot on U.S. Soil
RUSH EXCERPT:
WALTZ: “Well, first, let me say I can understand the president’s frustration. Heck, the American people’s frustration. This war has been long, hard and costly. I just left this morning a memorial for two green Bareas that I lost in Afghanistan years ago but that doesn’t mean that we can just walk away or just wish away these wars. My concern are the details that are coming out of this deal. Number one, the Taliban are declaring this a victory. This quote unquote peace deal. They’re declaring a victory for outlasing a Americans. Two, the Afghan government feels delegitimized because they haven’t been included in these talks then thirdly, as I tweeted, the Taliban have shown zero desire for peace. There is no cease fire they’ve agreed to. In fact, they’ve ramped up their attacks. We’ve talked about the American soldier that just came home this morning in a coffin. And then finally, one of the major aspects of the deal was that the Taliban assured us that they would stop Afghanistan from being used by Al-Qaeda. ISIS and others to launch attacks on the west. Even if you buy into those assurances, which I don’t, I don’t think they have the military capability to keep Al-Qaeda from using Afghanistan as a base. What can they do that the United States Air Force, army and the 200,000 man Afghan army have been fighting to do for the 18 years, so I just have a loft concerns, I’m urging the president to walk away from this deal as it stands.”
