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2011-11-05 Afghanistan

U.S. general relieved of duty for disparaging Afghan government

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Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-11-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 That was kind of stunning news, but you will know that only the competent will be sacked anymore. It's the system after a Democrat Congress.

Posted by newc 2011-11-05 00:18|| 2011-11-05 00:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Thanks for keeping it instead of rolling it into the other guy's article.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-11-05 00:47|| 2011-11-05 00:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Triple posting?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-11-05 12:38|| 2011-11-05 12:38|| Front Page Top

#4 I fully support the General's comments. But - it is correct to relieve him - because the manner in which he delivered the message - and the content of that message - are really not compatible with the position entrusted to him.

With all that said: had the US Defense administration done nothing, General Fuller's comments would have become known to - at most - a couple of hundred people - and perhaps a couple of dozen of these might have paid significant attention, or remembered what he said.

Now - hundreds of thousands - if not millions of people (the news was on the front page of one of Bangkok's two main English-language newspapers yesterday) - are pouring over and discussing the General's comments.

I have yet to hear or read a comment by anyone who is not in the US administration in favor of Karzai and his cohorts.

Afghanistan is a tar baby - in the truest sense of the Uncle Remus tale. We need to stop pouring blood and treasure into that black hole - pronto.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2011-11-05 20:19|| 2011-11-05 20:19|| Front Page Top

#5 9 years of training and $10B of equipment and infrastructure and the Afghan National Army has about 170k troops, of which perhaps 40% are both reliably loyal and competent. One problem is literacy, which is only about 50% in the ANA.

Posted by Lord Garth 2011-11-05 22:02|| 2011-11-05 22:02|| Front Page Top

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