Mattis: US must confront Russia on providing weapons to the Taliban

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  1. litwin

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    Finally USA calculated how much is 2+2..., and stared to act... Guys, i must admire that Trump´s team is way much more professional then Obama´s ...so Whats the next? will Trump stop Putin´s Taliban , IS, etc. support?

    ps
    GOD Bless the USA!!

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    KABUL, Afghanistan — The United States must confront Russia for providing weapons to the Taliban for use against American-backed forces in Afghanistan, top U.S. military officials said Monday.

    At a news conference with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at his side, Gen. John Nicholson, the American commander in Afghanistan, wouldn't provide specifics about Russia's role in Afghanistan. But said he would "not refute" that Moscow's involvement includes giving weapons to the Taliban.

    While other U.S. officials have accused Russia of helping Taliban insurgents, Nicholson is the first to publicly indicate that such support extends to arms.

    Earlier Monday, a senior U.S. military official told reporters in Kabul that Russia was giving machine guns and other medium-weight weapons. The Taliban are using the weapons in the southern provinces of Helmand, Kandahar and Uruzgan, according to the official, who briefed journalists on intelligence information on condition of anonymity.

    Russia denies that it provides any such support to the Taliban, which ruled Afghanistan until the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. Russia says contacts are limited to safeguarding security and getting the hard-line religious fundamentalists to reconcile with the government - which Washington has failed for years to advance. Russia also has promoted easing global sanctions on Taliban leaders who prove cooperative.

    Asked about Russia's activity in Afghanistan, where it fought a bloody war in the 1980s and withdrew in defeat, Mattis alluded to the increasing U.S. concerns.

    "We'll engage with Russia diplomatically," Mattis said. "We'll do so where we can, but we're going to have to confront Russia where what they're doing is contrary to international law or denying the sovereignty of other countries."

    "For example," Mattis told reporters in the Afghan capital, "any weapons being funneled here from a foreign country would be a violation of international law."

    Mattis met with President Ashraf Ghani and other senior government officials just hours after the nation's defense minister and Army chief resigned over a massacre of more than 140 Afghan troops at a military base last Friday.

    Nicholson also said that in view of the sophisticated planning behind the attack, "it's quite possible" that the Pakistan-based Haqqani network was responsible. The Taliban claimed it carried out the attack.

    Nicholson, the top American commander in Kabul, recently told Congress that he needs a few thousand more troops to keep Afghan security forces on track to eventually handling the Taliban insurgency on their own.

    Mattis on Monday offered a grim assessment for Afghan forces fighting the Taliban.

    "2017 is going to be another tough year," he said.

    Kabul was the final stop on Mattis' six-nation, weeklong tour. He is the first member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet to visit Afghanistan. As part of the administration's review of Afghan policy, Trump's national security adviser, Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, visited Kabul last week to consult with Nicholson and with Afghan officials.

    The war began in October 2001. The U.S. has about 9,800 troops in Afghanistan. They ended their combat mission against the Taliban in 2014 but are increasingly involved in backing up Afghan forces on the battlefield.

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    Great. These are the same people America armed when the Russians invaded Afghanistan!
     
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  3. litwin

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    edition : Soviets, do you know that USA is bringing pushtuns to 2017? USA has already transformed A-stan , and Kremlin thugs dont like it
     
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    Maybe a few more MOABs needed, maybe Muscovy will get the message then?
     
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    you know , its only one massage with Kremlin thugs understand. one for sure, Trump is very close to take a very , very great decision ...
     
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    Ever watch the movie Charlie Wilson's War ?
    It's a true story about how we armed the rebels in Afghanistan when the then Soviet Union was fighting there.
    Now that we are in Afghanistan, the Russians are arming our enemy.
    Surprised?
     
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    i did, so-so film.
    what do you know about the 3 stories, USA saved Sovok from hungers 2 times (the last time in 90th) , and b) USA saved sovok from Nazis , a big mistake . but still

    "
    Famine in 1920s Soviet Union Allegedly Forced Peasants to Eat ...
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    Piled up at the local cemetary, hundreds of corpses (Red Cross)"
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    Is this really just tit for tat, or does it have anything to do with keeping ISIS out of Afghanistan?
     
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    no, its just a typical act of Muscovite state terrorism. if not, why Muscovy tries to protect North Korea regime today ? you know that mad-dog Kim said that it´ll be enough 15 atomic bombs for you my friend ....
     
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    Boy, he keeps on bringing threats.

    Facts: RF does not supports NK. RF does not seeks a war with USA. Litwin uses russophobia to.. Well, propagand a war against my nation and my country.
     
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    lol yes he is rather biased.... but it is very entertaining watching the two of you...:dual:
     
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    You have to wonder if Mattis even knows what irony or hypocrisy is. We have admittedly been funneling weapons to rebels/terrorists in Syria for years.

    In case you missed it, here's the money quote from the op.

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    we're going to have to confront Russia where what they're doing is contrary to international law or denying the sovereignty of other countries."

    "For example," Mattis told reporters in the Afghan capital, "any weapons being funneled here from a foreign country would be a violation of international law."
     
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    Always knew I had talent for entertaining speech. Should've cured my stuttering and became stand-up comic.
     
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    are you working from Olgino? who will bring upon us "nuclear winter?" "Upper Volta with rockets (which don't fly anymore, cos pr. metals were stolen from them?)",
    by the way CIA has my 100% support , its A great solder of the free world
     
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    "allowed to defend our borders now?" whom the most democratic country(God Bless the USA) or from the crazy dictator and his bankrupt dirty swamp ?


    ps

    WW3: Kim Jong-un threatens to nuke AUSTRALIA if it toes the US line ...
    www.express.co.uk › News › World
    Översätt den här sidan
    för 2 dagar sedan - AUSTRALIA could now be in the firing line of crazed dictator Kim ... Kim Jong-un has warned North Korea could launch a nuclear attack on ...
    Now Kim Jong-un is threatening Australia with nuclear hellfire - Hot Air ...
    hotair.com/.../now-kim-jong-un-threatening-australia-nuclear-h...
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    för 1 dag sedan - Now Kim Jong-un is threatening Australia with nuclear hellfire ... Similarly, if North Korea attacks our carrier task force, we're going to be at war.
     
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    I think Julie Bishop could have handled it much better, clearly she was on a high due to Mike Pence's visit. Can everyone just sit down and shut up please and let China deal with this guy?

    ps. I'm right down the bottom of Australia, don't think he can reach me yet....
     
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    ...and by the way, I take a moment for a small off-top.

    Look at Litwin, and back to me, again on Litwin and back to me. I got educated in classic soviet pre-Bolognian manner, he - I have no idea where and how. I have a book of Shakespeare in original (that I still absolutely incapable of understanding) and he does not uses commas. I just made a USA commercial joke with soviet education in it.

    I'm on a horse.
     
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    Putin is working with terrorists in Syria. aka Hezbollah
     
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    That is very impressive N... but you must admit, Litwin is highly intelligent, despite his commas... I have been stalking him long enough to recognise this :)
     
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    Maybe. It is sincerely hard to judge with the manner of speaking and attitude.
     
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    Rep. Charley Wilson was a liberal Democrat.

    The book is better than the movie. But Charley Wilson said the movie was historically correct which the "Hollywood Left" rarely gets right.

     
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    how many years China have been doing it? and every year , this fat and short madmen will just make more and more nukes, and his rockets will fly higher and higher . Trump can fix it all with 1 strike before its not too late , so let it be
     
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    very nice of you)
     
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