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Europe
France Wants To Keep Separate Commands For ISAF And Combat Forces
2005-10-05
France has told visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai that Paris favors keeping separate commands for the United Nations security assistance mission and U.S.-led combat operations in Afghanistan. Karzai has expressed hopes that NATO will eventually assume command of both missions. It is a position that is backed by Washington as the U.S. begins to reduce the size of its combat force in Afghanistan.

Prague, 4 October 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been speaking about his hopes for the double NATO command since the day after the 18 September parliamentary elections.

But France made clear its position on the issue on 3 October, when the Afghan president met in Paris with French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie.
Posted by:Oztralian [AKA] God Save The World

#3  Let the bureaucrats do what they do best and the combat forces do what they do best.

Man for man bureaucrats have a far greater capacity of destruction than military people.
Posted by: JFM   2005-10-05 10:55  

#2  This is actually good and sound advice. NATO can not duplicate the airlift and supply performance that the US can, and the british will maintain control of the training and rebuilding with the rest of NATO and Australia and the combat forces will be controlled by the US. Let the bureaucrats do what they do best and the combat forces do what they do best.
Posted by: mmurray821   2005-10-05 10:09  

#1  Military advice from the French; how, um, useful...
Posted by: Raj   2005-10-05 09:01  

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