"US ambassador rebukes Karzai on criticism; Says comments attacking troops have been ‘hurtful’" by Associated Press / June 20, 2011
KABUL — The US ambassador to Afghanistan publicly reproached its president yesterday for painting American forces as occupiers and enemies — one of the strongest signs yet that Afghanistan’s international allies are no longer willing to excuse President Hamid Karzai’s harangues as harmless domestic politicking.
What are you going to do, kill him?
Related: AmeriKa Has Lost Afghanistan
You can't tell the truth to an AmeriKan.
Ambassador Karl Eikenberry told university students and faculty in the western city of Herat, according to a transcript of the speech:
“I find occasional comments from some of your leaders hurtful and inappropriate. When Americans, who are serving in your country at great cost in terms of lives and treasure, hear themselves compared with occupiers, told that they are only here to advance their own interest, and likened to the brutal enemies of the Afghan people . . . they are filled with confusion and grow weary of our effort here. Mothers and fathers of fallen soldiers, spouses of soldiers who have lost arms and legs, children of those who lost their lives in your country — they ask themselves about the meaning of their loved one’s sacrifice.’’
Get off the guilt tripping, Ambassador!
You know what I find hurtful?
All the dead Muslim women and children murdered by AmeriKan missiles and bombs??
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"Afghans welcome, and worry about, drawdown plan; Eikenberry says US will support, not desert nation" June 24, 2011|By Debbi Wilgoren and Pamela Constable, Washington Post
JALALABAD, Afghanistan — US Ambassador Karl Eikenberry spent yesterday visiting a province in eastern Afghanistan, hoping to reassure local officials, tribal elders, and shopkeepers that President Obama’s announced troop withdrawal “does not mean the United States is abandoning Afghanistan.’’
Although Afghan police and soldiers are expected to take full responsibility for security in the country by 2014, he said, “if you still want our support, we will still be here to help.’’
Translation: We are NEVER LEAVING!!
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Eikenberry, at a news conference in the provincial capital of Jalalabad, said some Afghans have asked what will be different in Afghanistan as a result of Obama’s announcement.
“I tell them nothing has changed,’’ he said. “We have a continuing commitment to Afghanistan and the Afghan people… . We seek a long-term partnership and an enduring friendship.’’
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