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Inside John Kerry’s Diplomatic Save in Afghanistan
Time ^ | July 18, 2014 | Michael Crowley

Posted on 07/19/2014 12:17:43 PM PDT by wmap

The details of how Kerry defused the stalemate, based on accounts from a half-dozen officials familiar with the talks, reveals an Afghanistan closer to the brink than many outsiders may appreciate. It also illuminates rare foreign policy win for Kerry and for an Obama administration staggered by months of setbacks,

(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; johnkerry; michaelcrowley; soskerry; time

1 posted on 07/19/2014 12:17:43 PM PDT by wmap
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To: wmap
Stark contrast to Hillary's accomplishment in Iraq and Kerry in Afghanistan
2 posted on 07/19/2014 12:18:55 PM PDT by wmap
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To: wmap

Don’t congratulate too soon, within 6 months things will be at a crisis point again.


3 posted on 07/19/2014 12:23:15 PM PDT by WILLIALAL
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To: wmap
Kerry pleaded with Abdullah to accept the deal. “I’m asking you as a friend to trust me,” he said. Kerry walked the group through several chapters in his life story, from the Vietnam War to the 2004 presidential campaign, and concluded by calling the meeting among the most important he’d ever attended.

I get it. sKerry droned on and on about himself until all parties were begging him to stop.

"We'll sign anything just make him stop!"

4 posted on 07/19/2014 12:31:43 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Partisan Media Shills ping.

John Kerry brokers Afghan election deal but leaves behind confusion


5 posted on 07/19/2014 12:36:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: TigersEye

Was his Christmas in Cambodia the deal sealer?


6 posted on 07/19/2014 12:41:39 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin
When he pulled out his magic boonie cap and began fondling it
several participants lurched outside into an alley and shot themselves.
7 posted on 07/19/2014 12:51:10 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
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To: wmap

How much of our tax money did he bribe them with?


8 posted on 07/19/2014 12:55:54 PM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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Is there anyone on earth more boring and pompous than Kerry?


9 posted on 07/19/2014 1:44:43 PM PDT by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

I think the breaking point was when he showed everyone the scar from the rice shrapnel.


10 posted on 07/19/2014 1:46:36 PM PDT by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: Freestate316

What, did he moon the camera?


11 posted on 07/19/2014 1:51:32 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
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To: Freestate316

“Is there anyone on earth more boring and pompous than Kerry?” No.


12 posted on 07/19/2014 2:39:08 PM PDT by Enten (I don't have islamophobia...I do have islamonausea)
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To: wmap

Let me try and give this propaganda some perspective by analogy.
An entire FOREST is burning....Hillary and Obama and Kerry took blowtorches to the land and it is ablaze.

Kerry walks into a house and finds a stovetop fire. He grabs a kitchen-sized extinguisher and blasts it once or twice. The fire on the stove is about 80% out.

The media applauds Kerry for “success” as a firefighter.


13 posted on 07/19/2014 3:11:47 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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