Posted on 10/19/2009 11:18:48 AM PDT by kristinn
Karl Rove, former top adviser to President George W. Bush, bluntly accused President Barack Obama of deliberately "destabilizing" the government of Afghanistan, in an interview this morning on the Fox News Channel.
Rove said Obama sent Democratic party henchman James Carville to help the campaign of one of President Hamid Karzai's opponents for the August presidential election.
An article by NPR last summer says Carville's strategy was to drag the election in to a runoff to aid his candidate, former World Bank official Ashraf Ghani.
Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel made remarks this weekend that questioned whether the Obama administration would send more troops to Afghanistan if the Karzai government remained in power, reported here by Politico:
"Do you have a credible Afghan partner for this process that can provide the security and the type of services that the Afghan people need?" Emanuel said the Obama White House is asking as it conducts a strategy review before answering Gen. Stanley McChrystal's request for more troops.
Transcript (by yours truly) of Rove's comments:
Take a look at what this administration has done. They have destabilized the Afghan government by saying you know what we're not certain that Karzai is a good partner for us.
And the Obama administration sent in James Carville, Democrat party operative, in order to handle the campaign of Karzai's opponent. And then they express surprise when Karzai is trying to cut side deals with the remaining warlords and regional powers in Afghanistan in order to make certain he has a power base if the Americans pull the rug out from underneath him.
I mean its really unusual that this administration is so quick to criticize the Bush administration when they are really destabilizing the regime in Afghanistan in a fundamental way.
Section. 4.
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from OFFICE ON Impeachment for, and Conviction of Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
For starters, Obama has with speed shucked the United States Constitution and put in place his Rules and Regulations as ascribed by Saul Alinsky, for America. He has put our interests in Harms Way around the world by being the apologizer, not a leader...showing weakness for America to a very dangerous degree.
Add any and all pertinent reasons for Impeachment....ACORN, UNIONS, SEIU, NEA - all pro-Obama and all corrupt......
Ping
“The fools in NY and NJ voted for him even after 9/11. They voted in one of the 9/11 hijackers own people.”
They drink the koolaid by the gallon.
MMMM, MMMMM, MMMMM
He needs to be tried for treason.
This is so Machiavellian!
Details please.
Accuses Obama of Deliberately Destabilizing Afghanistan and America-START IMPEACHMENT NOW!
Obama's ROE are endangering our troops.
Totally agree. I like Sean as a person but he sucks up to RINOs and Dems including Rangel and Sharpton. Rove is a RINo joke who was pro amnesty. Dick Morris has more credibility.
I do like blue dog N. FL Dem Pat Caddell as he hates most of the lib Dems.
They’ve got the UN behind this allegation of fraud.
I am not third party. I want to throw the stinking RINOs out of the GOP. There are a few good Repubs but far too many RINOs. Sadly a third party will not work - so it is a waste of time and both parties know it.
So, this traitorous Chicago communist is keeping our men and women over there and letting them get blown up, as part of his political machinations?
I hope our military people remember they serve our Constitution, not any particular politician.
When do we start to give serious thought to the obvious observation that our central government has become a domestic enemy? What is going to be left of our country in 3 more years?
Agree with you on your assessment of Mr. Rove. For him to come out in such strong terms, the admin must be crossing a line that may never be fixed. One that 8 years of blood sweat and tears were spent to establish a better place. Remember the elections of 4 years ago? How eleated these people were? The story of a woman giving birth and then coming to vote. To put John Kerry in charge of ANYTHING to do with military and defense is sickening. With Carville, I can’t even go there, he’s too repugnant for me to even listen to. But Obama cannot do this on his own. He has no clue...and therefore brings up a pundits from the pits to define the methods and the message. Nice going, Obama voters, is this what you really wanted????
OK. You hate Hannity, Rove, Steele and think that they are dunces, or worse. Who do you like? That may let me take your measure. sarc/off
I was right. James Carville is involved!!!
Anybody else noticing how Iran had elections controversy, Afghanistan too...........seems eerily familiar to an election and Florida.............election jihad.
The story is about the Obama administration deliberately destabilizing Afghanistan and your response is that it’s Bush’s fault?
You’re the part of the problem, FRiend.
Nice scoop there.
I fear that as happened when America didn’t lift a finger to stop the invasion of Afgan by the Soviets.
The Afgan people are going to come to the conclusion we are getting ready to cut and run. The problem we have YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN dying EVERY day in Afgan. Do the Americn People believe our troops are just tools in the O plan to destroy america. Do their DEATHS mean NOTHING to the American public.
We have troops dying in Afgan while O plays at politics. This is an Impeachable offense as far as I’m concerned.
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