by Steve Hynd from Newshoggers.
Some interesting speculations over this latest news phenomenon--Taliban talks.
In relation to the charge that the Taliban talks news releases are psyops, if one asks, "who benefits?", then there is another answer besides that of dividing the Taliban.
Could it be that this has been engineered by liberal capitalists who wish to enhance the prospects of the Democratic Party as the election nears? (The Afghan war is very unpopular in the US.) I'm not arguing that it is, but it should be considered.
More important is the evidence that mainstream corporate news is deliberately manipulated for political purposes and should always be considered suspect.