Posts Tagged ‘Karzai’
Blowing Smoke Rings at the Kabul Charade
Spiegel | By Matthias Gebauer and Shoib Najafizada in Kabul | 20 July 2010 Setting a Date for the Pullout Kabul Conference to Herald End of NATO Mission Under tight security, the foreign ministers of NATO states are convening Tuesday in Kabul. Despite massive problems and a weak President Hamid Karzai, the military alliance wants [...]
Why Afghanistan is a lost cause
San Francisco Chronicle | By Joel Brinkley | 11 July 2010 As Gen. David Petraeus assumed his new command in Afghanistan earlier this month, he took up a strategy that has already failed - though not for the reasons most people assume. Certainly, as most everyone knows, the battle plan appears hopeless. Every night in Marjah, Taliban [...]
U.S. Adm. Mullen concerned about synergy among terrorist groups
People's Daily | Xinhua | 30 June 2010 Top U.S. military commander shows concern about synergy among terrorist groups Terrorist groups are operating more closely with one another, posing an increasing threat to the global security, top U.S. military commander said in a recent interview. "I'm increasingly concerned about the synergy [...]
McChrystal was fired for being too soft
WSWS | By Patrick Martin | 29 June 2010 The “Hitler” option in Afghanistan The removal of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the US commander in Afghanistan and his replacement by Gen. David Petraeus is not, as portrayed by Obama’s political apologists, a principled defense of civilian control over the military. Nor is it, as the official [...]
DoD Briefing on McChrystal and Petraeus
The Pentagon | 24 June 2010 Department of Defence Briefing “I do not believe we are bogged down” – Gates Source: The Pentagon Channel
Afghan strategy needs review
Irish Times | 25 June 2010 “After nine years of war, the Taliban simply remains too strongly entrenched for the US military to openly attack. The very people that counter-insurgency seeks to win over – the Afghan people – do not want us there. Our supposed ally, President Karzai, used his influence to delay the offensive, and the [...]
Text of Obama’s Announcement Sacking McChrystal
The White House Blog | 23 June 2010 President Obama on Afghanistan, General McChrystal & General Petraeus Listen to Audio Transcript The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release | June 23, 2010 Statement by the President in the Rose Garden Rose Garden 1:43 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. [...]
The Rolling Stone Story that Got Gen. McChrystal Sacked
UPDATE: Obama kills two birds with one stone! 13:20 EST: McChrystal sacked, Petraeus to take over Had Gen. Colin Powell said of Bush what McChrystal said of Obama, would it have been called just "poor judgment"? McChrystal is no fool; he saw the Rolling Stone story in draft and cleared it for publication. Having failed in Marjah and [...]
Obama’s Choice: Withdraw or Reinforce Failure?
Los Angeles Times | By Doyle McManus | 17 June 2010 Obama's mixed Afghanistan messages Choices are stark: Stick to the timetable and drawdown, or stick it out until the job is done. And so far, he has signaled intent to do both. The news from Afghanistan has been bad lately. The military campaign to win control of Kandahar, the [...]
Bogged Down, McChrystal Postpones the Helmand “Offensive”
New York Times | Editorial | 13 June 2010 Taking Stock in Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is trying to strike a secret deal with the Taliban and Pakistan and doubts that the Americans and NATO can ever defeat the insurgents. Karzai is telling aides that he believed the United States, and not the Taliban, might have been responsible [...]
