Posted on 05/03/2011 10:18:09 AM PDT by presidio9
Senior US Senator John Kerry said Tuesday he would travel to Afghanistan in mid-May to weigh the effects of Osama bin Laden's death on the US-led struggle to rout Islamist fighters there.
"With the death of bin Laden, some people are sure to ask, 'Why don't we just pack up and leave Afghanistan?'" Kerry, a Democrat, said as he led a hearing of his Senate Foreign Relations Committee on US policy in Afghanistan.
The lawmaker said he was going to Afghanistan the weekend of May 14 "and hope to be able to get a good sense from the Afghans, from President (Hamid) Karzai and others, what their take is on where we are as well as the events that have taken place in Pakistan and how that might affect some of their calculations."
Kerry said he aimed to take stock of how bin Laden's death at the hands of US special forces would affect prospects for negotiating with any Taliban Islamist fighters willing to work out a "grand bargain" with Washington.
"We have to ask at every turn if our strategy in Afghanistan is sustainable. Our military and civilian strategies need the support in Afghanistan that is viable, as we transition and draw down our forces," he said.
"I am confident that we have the ability to achieve our goals and
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Is he going to find a replacement for Osama?
He evidently thinks he deserves another medal.
Like that dummy has any concept of what is going on. Maybe he will have some rice blown on his A$$ and get a medal.
Definitely not necessary.
Maybe he’ll come home with an Afghan poppy seed stuck in his ass.
a purple heart for his hurt feelings. no one called him to the situation room.
Does anyone know how Teresa is doing? She has cancer, acc to the news last year.
Who is Kerry?
He evidently thinks he deserves another medal.
Is he bringing @ss protection? Or is he looking for another purple heart?
Will he wear his CIA hat?
yup... waste of tax payer dollars.
Who is Kerry?
Wonder if he’ll get a paper cut and demand a Purple Heart?
This is what you do when you are no longer relevant...
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