Taliban invites Rand for peace talks

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What about the ones who have no voice, the dead, the wounded, the homeless veterans? They don't really get a choice on American foreign policy. I don't think it's entirely unfair to speak for the ones who can't speak for themselves especially when they clearly can't define their argument for their occupation you really don't have to take the high road here.

Sure, no disagreement there.

I'm just saying that if you want an international coalition to end the Afghan war, the other major players on the world stage would be ready IMO.

Russia and China may have looked fondly (esp. Russia) on us wasting our resources there for a time, but now it's creating monsters in their backyards, when they each already have problems with Islamist terrorism; not to mention that if the US ever somehow managed to "win," neither Russia nor China would be pleased with US military bases deep in central Asia.

It would really be in everyone's interest to end this war (save perhaps Raytheon shareholders and the Miss Linzis of the world).