"After more than a year of watching America’s ability to influence President Hamid Karzai ebb, Obama administration officials now admit privately that the tough-love approach Mr. Obama adopted when he came to power may have been a big mistake.
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The turnabout reflects a growing recognition that the more the administration has taken Mr. Karzai to task publicly, the more resistant he has been to American demands. It also shows that no matter how much administration officials try to work around him, they have no choice but to deal with him.
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The clearest signal of the new approach came during Friday’s Air Force One flight. 'We believe that we are on an encouraging glide path in Afghanistan,' General Jones said, adding that during Mr. Obama’s visit to Afghanistan, the American delegation was 'generally impressed with the quality of the ministers and the seriousness with which they’re approaching their job.'
Mr. Obama, General Jones said, was 'fortified by the conversations he had, reassured by the conversations' with Mr. Karzai.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/10/world/asia/10prexy.html?pagewanted=1&hp
How inspiring! After Karzai publicly labels U.S. and NATO troops "invaders", hosts Ahmadinejad and threatens to join the Taliban, Obama dines in Kabul with the tin-pot dictator, sends him a thank-you letter and has Jones tell reporters of his satisfaction with their relationship.
Jones? I am sickened that the U.S. national security adviser is being used to foist lies. Having recently described U.S.-Israeli relations as "ongoing and fine and continuous” as he discusses with Brzezinski the possibility of imposing an Obama-mentored peace solution upon Netanyahu (http://jgcaesarea.blogspot.com/2010/04/obama-declares-war-on-israel.html), Jones would now have us believe that the U.S. relationship with Karzai is hunky-dory.
Sorry, General Jones, but when I served in the military and government, veracity was demanded at all times. Could it be that you are considering a career in politics?
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