#Taliban-#Afghanistan talks-"We need to make sure to support this & give it a chance to work" per former Defense UnderSec Michele Flournoy at #FutureSecurityForum
"We have to be very careful..."
"I think if the US were to withdraw unilaterally or precipitously we could actually undercut the negotiations and particularly the leverage of the Afghan government and Afghan civil society" per Flournoy
Can the #Taliban be trusted? "They're at the table & they're now talking & this is a move in the right direction" former CENTCOM Cmdr, ret. Gen. Joseph Votel told #FutureSecurityForum
"Now we need to stay with it & help help shepherd it along with our allies" per Votel, adding "We need to be prepared to respond to pressure with pressure on this, & we do that by maintaining capabilities & our own forces on the ground"
re #Afghanistan
"This is really complex. This is not going to happen in a week or or maybe even a year" per Flournoy of results from #Afghan-#Taliban talks "I just hope that the international community has the staying power to hang in there, to use the leverage we have..."
.@POTUS, "he's made it very clear that he wants to bring troops home from a lot of places. I do worry that he'll wake up one morning and say, 'I'm done with it. We're coming home. Damn the consequences'" per Flournoy
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