{"id":21178,"date":"2010-11-15T09:55:01","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T13:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=21178"},"modified":"2010-11-15T09:58:30","modified_gmt":"2010-11-15T13:58:30","slug":"karzai-calls-for-end-to-ninja-zombie-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=21178","title":{"rendered":"Karzai calls for end to ninja zombie strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I guess Afghanistan president Karzai is in the pocket of the Taliban these days because he’s call for the US to end the tempo of attacks on Taliban forces in the South and he’s asking the US to end especially effective Special Forces night assaults. General Petraeus is not pleased according to the Washington Post<\/a>;<\/p>\n

In a meeting Sunday morning with Ashraf Ghani, who leads the Afghan government’s planning on transition, Petraeus made what several officials described as “hypothetical” references to an inability to continue U.S. operations in the face of Karzai’s remarks.<\/p>\n

The night raids are at the heart of Petraeus’s counterinsurgency strategy and are key to his hopes of being able to show significant progress when the White House reviews the situation in Afghanistan next month.<\/p>\n

Officials discounted early reports Sunday that Petraeus had threatened to resign. But “for [Karzai] to go this way, and at that particular stage, is really undermining [Petraeus’s] endeavors,” one foreign diplomat in Kabul said. “Not only his personally, but the international community.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, anyone with half a brain can see Ambassador and international dick, Karl Eikenberry’s finger prints all over this since he’s been pushing for Karzai to have “peace talks” with the Taliban<\/a> since the dribble of US forces have been trickling into Afghanistan since last Spring. <\/p>\n

My guess is that the Taliban made those demands to get US pressure off of them as precursors to peace negotiations and Karzai and Eikenberry are only too happy to comply. <\/p>\n

Now, some cue the US embassy chic<\/a> who always jumps in here to refute<\/a> any speculation about Eikenberry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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