WDEL Blog: Allan Loudell
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Obama Commitment to Afghanistan troop escalation now in doubt!
Just when you thought that all was a fait accompli - that President Obama had settled on a significant increase of U.S. troops in Afghanistan - comes this bombshell:
U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (and retired Army general) Karl Eikenberry warns AGAINST a significant troop escalation, until or unless the Karzai Government gets its act together.
(Did this leak to give the President "cover" if & when he rejects a major U.S. troop escalation?)
Talk about a clash between the U.S. ambassador and the NATO and U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal!
That prompts this story in The TELEGRAPH of London:
"Barack Obama 'to reject Afghanistan war options in favour of plan with clear exit strategy'"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/6549962/Barack-Obama-to-reject-Afghanistan-war-options-in-favour-of-plan-with-clear-exit-strategy.html
You can hear my interviews about all this with Associated Press correspondent Robert Reid in Kabul and CBS News Afghanistan/Pakistan consultant Jere Van Dyk...
 Audio Here
Dr. Marvin Weinbaum - who led the Afghanistan--Pakistan intelligence desk at the State Department during the Clinton Administration (and who has generally favored an escalation of troops) - knows the U.S. ambassador in Kabul, and trusts him implicitly.
You can hear my interview with Marvin Weinbaum...
Audio Here
Posted at 7:12am on November 12, 2009 by Allan Loudell
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