Partial quote: (from the Wasgington Post)
"The U.S. ambassador in Kabul sent two classified cables to Washington in the past week expressing deep concerns about sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan until President Hamid Karzai's government demonstrates that it is willing to tackle the corruption and mismanagement that has fueled the Taliban's rise, senior U.S. officials said.
Karl W. Eikenberry's memos, sent as President Obama enters the final stages of his deliberations over a new Afghanistan strategy, illustrated both the difficulty of the decision and the deepening divisions within the administration's national security team. After a top-level meeting on the issue Wednesday afternoon -- Obama's eighth since early last month -- the White House issued a statement that appeared to reflect Eikenberry's concerns. "
Do you see what I see? Although it was the headline that initially caught my eye it was the name, "Eikenberry" that really grabbed my attention. Today's Washington Post article, "U.S. Envoy Resists Increase In Troops" is sure to cause dissension in the ranks at the highest level...we're talking about the generals here, not the privates or sergeants!Lets go down to that part of the article that states, "Although Eikenberry's extensive military experience and previous command in Afghanistan were the key reasons Obama chose him for the top diplomatic job there, ..." No, I don't think so... Obama can care less about the extensive military experience. Obama most likely recognized the leftist leaning tendencies of the former general. If you re-call, it was General Eikenberry that took the side of Newsweek's false story about the Koran that was supposedly flushed down the toilet back in 2005. Read full story here.
Further, if you don't smell a rat in some back room deal making you missed this:"Eikenberry retired from the military in April as a senior general in NATO and was sworn in as ambassador the next day." ~ Norman E. Hooben
Washington Post article can be found here.
New York Times, May 2005 article about Newsweek can be found here.
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IN war there is no room for DITHERS... when bullets fly one either shoots back orbgets Killed... Obam ashould Volunteer for atour of duty in a HOT zone to grow a spine or.... HELLOO 47 Used Virgins!!!
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