Katju attributes the talks’ inevitable resumption to America’s “strategic desperation,” which is so acute that the US would be unlikely even to follow through on Kerry’s pledge to call off the talks if any link to Al Qaeda were found. After all, the US has already accepted the Taliban’s unrealistic assurances that it will not use Afghanistan as a base from which to “foment trouble” – that is, execute terrorist attacks – elsewhere.
卡特居认为谈判必然重启的原因是美国的“战略绝望”，这种绝望极其强烈，以至于如果找到与基地组织的联系，美国甚至不可能兑现克里取消谈判的承诺。毕竟，美国已经接受了塔利班不现实的保证——不会利用阿富汗作为在别的地区“挑起麻烦”（即进行恐怖袭击）的基地。