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More Obama dithering. Afgh decision aftr 19-11m.May b postponed till early 12m.Coddling Pak comes in way of decsv thnkng http://is.gd/4TiOq 10 days ago |
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Holbrooke is heading to Paris,Berlin+Moscow.Other officials in his office are meeting w/ Chinese officials in Beijing. http://is.gd/4TiOq 10 days ago |
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Jarnail Eiken+Jarnail McChry hv crossed paths in Afgh a few years ago whn McChry ws hdlg SpecOps in Afgh.Tense Moments http://is.gd/4TiOq 10 days ago |
Afghanistan Mission Creep Watch - The Karl Eikenberry, I Could Kiss You Version
democracyarsenal.org —
... U.S. officials were particularly irritated by a interview this week
in which a defiant Karzai said that the West has little interest in
Afghanistan and that its troops are there only for self-serving
reasons.
And the Times advances the story even further: ...
The Note's Must-Reads for Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009
The Note —
... Cooper: “Japan Cools to America as It Prepares for Obama Visit” LINK
The Wall Street Journal’s Peter Spiegel: “Doubts on Karzai Complicate Troop Plan” LINK
Bloomberg’s Viola Gienger and Roger Runningen: “U.S. Envoy in Afghanistan Said to Advise Against More Troops” LINK
AFGHANISTAN:
The New York Times’ Elisabeth Bumiller and Mark Landler: “U.S. Envoy Urges Caution on Forces for Afghanistan” LINK
The New York Times’ Helene Cooper: “In Leaning on Karzai, U.S. Has Limited Leverage” ...
U.S. Envoy Cautions Against More Troops in Afghanistan
Politics Daily —
... Obama is considering an array of strategies with different levels of troop deployments, and none of them would scale back the U.S. presence in Afghanistan. At a meeting yesterday, he asked Eikenberry a series of questions about each of the options, according to the New York Times. Obama pushed for revisions to the strategies that would clarify when and how the U.S. would transfer military responsibilities to the Afghan government. ...
Baggage Handling: Obama leaves behind unfinished business as he leaves for Asia
The Note —
... "The United States ambassador to Afghanistan, who once served as the top American military commander there, has expressed in writing his reservations about deploying additional troops to the country, three senior American officials said Wednesday," Elisabeth Bumiller and Mark Landler report in The New York Times. ...
Obama on Afghanistan: None of the above?
Political Animal —
... the official. The president is, not surprisingly, well aware of the effort to dictate the process, and rush him into escalating the U.S. presence. But the more Obama is pushed, the more he's inclined to push back with a stronger resolve. The Pentagon won't like this. Obama's apparently doing it anyway. Good for him. The White House call for altered plans coincides with new concerns from Ret. Lt. Gen. Karl W. Eikenberry, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, who has put in writing his "reservations about deploying additional troops to the country ." Eikenberry knows of what he ...
The Early Word: Asia Bound
The Caucus —
President Obama is announcing on Thursday that he will convene a jobs summit in early December, at a time when the unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent. The Times’s Jeff Zeleny noted that the president is detailing his efforts ...
Poll: Voters torn on Afghan troop increase
News —
... According to The New York Times, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan remains mostly opposed to a new round of sizable troop deployments, and Obama has already asked his advisers to revise the four options they submitted earlier this week. ...
The WonkLine: November 12, 2009
Wonk Room —
... The current Ambassador and former top US military commander in Afghanistan, retired General Karl Eikenberry, “has expressed in writing his reservations about deploying additional troops to the country.” “He wants to know where the off-ramps are,” one official said. ...
The Obama team: How to screw things up royally
The Best Defense —
So U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (nee General) Eikenberry doesn't
want
to give Afghan President Karzai a blank check? No one does. But anyone paying
attention knows that Eikenberry and Karzai have been like oil and water since
Eikenberry was the top American general in Afghanistan. I think it was a bad
move to put him in there as our top diplomat. In addition, because Eikenberry
was sent to Kabul, that meant Chris
Hill, who had been slated for that post, needed to be sent elsewhere, so he
was given Baghdad -- which meant shoving aside Anthony Zinni,
who already had been asked to go to ...
Is Obama Getting Us Out Of Afghanistan After All-- Or Is This More Multi-Dimensional Chess?
DownWithTyranny! —
... turn him into LBJ. And maybe he's paying more attention to his Ambassador to Kabul, Lt. General (ret.) Karl Eikenberry who is against sending more troops (citing ...
I Like Eik
Obsidian Wings —
by Eric Martin
The news emanating from the White House is that President Obama is unsatisfied with the various proposals for Afghanistan policy recently submitted by his review team (each of which called for a substantial increase in the number of troops, with indefinite timelines). He has asked the working group to come back to the ...
Secretary Gates to Leakers: "Shut Up"
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
Starting with General Stanley McChrystal's confidential strategy assessment, which wound up in the hands of Bob Woodward, the Obama administration's typically tight ship has been leaking like a sieve when it comes to the ongoing strategy deliberations over Afghanistan. Surely it was no accident when news of Ambassador Karl Eikenberry's cable, expressing concerns over sending additional troops to Afghanistan, ended up in the New York Times on the very day that President Obama and his war council were scheduled to convene to discuss a range of strategy options. It's becoming pretty clear that when it comes to Obama's war plan the ...
The Winds of Change Die Down
Antiwar.com Original —
I have to feel sorry for my progressive friends, of whom there are a few, who had so much hope for the new administration, and were convinced that the election of Barack Obama would lead to a significant shift in American foreign policy. One can hardly blame them for their election night elation ...
Obama Must Rethink Rethinking Afghanistan
RealClearPolitics - Homepage —
RECOMMENDED ARTICLES November 12, 2009 When On Earth Will Obama Make Decision on Troops? Iain Martin, WSJ November 12, 2009 U.S. Envoy Urges Caution on Troops Bumiller & Landler, New York Times WASHINGTON — The United States ambassador to Afghanistan, who once served as the top American military commander there, has expressed in writing his reservations about deploying additional troops to the country, three senior... more ›› November 12, 2009 President Sends Pentagon Officials Back to their Desks Jake Tapper, ABC November 13, 2009 Obama's Real Afghanistan Decision Fred Kaplan, Slate A U.S. soldier in ...
