Last week Karzai was positive the raids would end and the Afghans would run the war.
Then Gen. David "Double Penetration" Petraeus (I like that because of his initials. I crack me up) shows up with a new plan and suddenly Karzai is on board with it. I "get" that Karzai has to save some face in front of his people, but this makes him look like a buffoon. I didn't know Sarah Palin was Pashtun.....what is "Going rogue" in Pashtu or Dari?
Sheesh....
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/1...irms-natos-military-campaign/?test=latestnews
Then Gen. David "Double Penetration" Petraeus (I like that because of his initials. I crack me up) shows up with a new plan and suddenly Karzai is on board with it. I "get" that Karzai has to save some face in front of his people, but this makes him look like a buffoon. I didn't know Sarah Palin was Pashtun.....what is "Going rogue" in Pashtu or Dari?
Sheesh....
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/1...irms-natos-military-campaign/?test=latestnews
WASHINGTON -- A senior NATO official says Gen. David Petraeus had a "frank, open and constructive discussion" with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in which Karzai confirmed his support for NATO's military campaign, including controversial special-operations night raids.
The official says the face-to-face, hourlong meeting in Kabul was the first time Petraeus and Karzai had spoken since Karzai called for a drawdown of NATO military activities including the night raids. Karzai made those comments in an interview Saturday with The Washington Post.
The NATO official said Petraeus reminded Karzai that the raids are carried out with Afghan forces.