General Fuller Was Fired For Hinting At The Truth: Karzai Is Thoroughly Unhinged. And We're Propping Him Up -- James Corum, The Telegraph
President Obama’s policy of appeasing Islamic dictators has resulted in another setback for the United States and its allies. On Friday, on the orders of the US government, Major General Peter Fuller, deputy commander of the NATO mission to train the Afghani forces, was removed from his post. Fuller’s crime: telling the truth about a serious problem for NATO forces in Afghanistan.
In a press interview last week, Fuller responded to Afghan president Hamid Karzai’s recent statement that he would readily join with Pakistan in a war with the United States if he had to choose sides. This is not the first time Karzai has publicly made virulent anti-American statements. On several occasions he has accused the Americans of bombing innocent Afghan civilians – accusations later proven to be completely false.
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My Comment: As I had mentioned a few days ago .... I would have promoted General Fuller even though what he said may not be "diplomatically" correct. But .... let's face it .... everything about Afghanistan is screwed up, and having someone like General Fuller fired while still supporting someone like Karzai just adds more fuel to this perception (i.e. of everything being screwed up).