Posted on 10/23/2009 12:12:03 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Obama’s envoys at risk of becoming a flop
By Daniel Dombey in Washington
Published: October 22 2009 23:53 | Last updated: October 22 2009 23:53
The Obama administration’s policy of appointing special envoys to sort out the world’s biggest problems could turn out to be a spectacular flop.
Just look at this week’s news from Kabul. President Hamid Karzai’s decision to agree to a run-off election was a rare moment of success for Washington’s effort to get to grips with Afghanistan’s raging insurgency and the country’s recalcitrant government.
But who was the US official standing at the podium next to Mr Karzai’s as the Afghan president made his concession?
It wasn’t Richard Holbrooke, the US “special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan”, who is renowned for the hard-charging negotiating style that helped end the Bosnia war.
Mr Holbrooke, whose relations with Mr Karzai have been testy, was back in Washington. Instead, the silver-haired figure praising Mr Karzai for his “statesmanship” after five days of difficult talks was John Kerry, the senator and former presidential nominee.
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“Just Obama being himself.”
Whoever THAT is...
WTH is John Effin Kerry doing in Afghanistan? Buying Dope?
WTH is John Effin Kerry doing in Afghanistan?
Looking for the Mekong River to sneak into Pockystan for Christmas on a secret mission for George Bush.
Of course if Kerry had won in 2004 the mission wouldn’t have been necessary, since the Taliban would be back in control of Afghanistan already.
Nothing but nepotism jobs.. They aren’t supposed to accomplish anything.
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