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2012-07-04 Home Front: Politix

US envoy to Kenya resigns after 'threatening to shoot staff in head'

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Posted by Frank G 2012-07-04 16:42|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 "Veteran diplomat" or "former Major General"? Can't really be both, and sounds like he was neither.

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2012-07-04 17:34|| 2012-07-04 17:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Gration's roots in Africa run deep. He grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya to missionary parents and speaks fluent Swahili. As Sudan envoy, he took a stance widely seen among activists as too solicitous to the Khartoum regime, focusing more on incentives than pressures -- or, as he infelicitously once described them, "cookies" and "gold stars." That stance caused friction between Gration and other top Obama officials, especially U.N. ambassador Susan Rice.

Only Obama can hand out the "cookies and gold stars." Under the crew bus for you general.

"The boot you lick, is the boot that kicks."
anon

Posted by Besoeker 2012-07-04 17:45|| 2012-07-04 17:45|| Front Page Top

#3 He's a postmodern Major General.

Posted by Eric Jablow 2012-07-04 19:16|| 2012-07-04 19:16|| Front Page Top

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