Karl Rove Sets Barack Obama White House Straight on Afghanistan Blame Game Attempt. Karl Rove, former top adviser to President George W. Bush, bluntly accused President Barack Obama of deliberately “destabilizing” the government of Afghanistan, in an interview this morning on the Fox News Channel.
Rove said Obama sent Democratic party henchman James Carville to help the campaign of one of President Hamid Karzai’s opponents for the August presidential election.
An article by NPR last summer says Carville’s strategy was to drag the election in to a runoff to aid his candidate, former World Bank official Ashraf Ghani.
Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel made remarks this weekend that questioned whether the Obama administration would send more troops to Afghanistan if the Karzai government remained in power.
Rahm Emanuel, in an increasingly-embarrassing and ineffective Team Obama strategy, attempted to pass the buck on the lackluster Obama Administration .
“Do you have a credible Afghan partner for this process that can provide the security and the type of services that the Afghan people need?” Emanuel said the Obama White House is asking as it conducts a strategy review before answering Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s request for more troops.
Rove puts Rahm and the rest of the Obama-istas in their proper place.
Take a look at what this administration has done. They have destabilized the Afghan government by saying you know what we’re not certain that Karzai is a good partner for us.
And the Obama administration sent in James Carville, Democrat party operative, in order to handle the campaign of Karzai’s opponent. And then they express surprise when Karzai is trying to cut side deals with the remaining warlords and regional powers in Afghanistan in order to make certain he has a power base if the Americans pull the rug out from underneath him.
I mean its really unusual that this administration is so quick to criticize the Bush administration when they are really destabilizing the regime in Afghanistan in a fundamental way.
Among the highlights:
* Why are David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs in war strategy meetings?
* What’s up with James Carville helping Hamid Karzai’s political opponent?
* Is Barack Obama and his team destabilizing Afghanistan with their policies?
Wild Thing’s comment…….
OH yessss three cheers for Rove.
For Mr. Rove to state that Obama sent Democratic party henchman James Carville to help the campaign of one of President Hamid Karzai’s opponents for the August presidential election… is BIG.
You can imagine the callous and cynical minds that would undermine an election with these kinds of consequences.
Horrific. This admin is putting us in so much danger in so many ways, I can’t keep up with it. We are in trouble and I am very concerned for our troops.
Our central government has become a domestic enemy!
This is an outrage! He’s playing with the lives of our soldiers. He does not deserve the position of Commander in Chief. Every time I see a video clip of the POS at a party or getting off a plane from his latest useless outing (always grinning) I just think of those who really serve us in far-off lands waiting for help…makes me want to cry tears of rage.
It’s that same old pattern of snubbing our allies and aligning with the despots. 52% of American’s just love enslavement!!!
Sending James Carville to get involved in the election process of another country is a page out of the George Soros playbook.
This move along with Obama’s delay and weak excuse of waiting until the election results before committing troops, suggests that he and his handlers are looking to control another countries electoral process. In so doing they will get a regime favorable to them. One that will no doubt tell Obama not to send troops or at least will support his actions.
This situation is part of the pattern of this Administration.
Remember how he waffled when the people in Iran were rioting in the streets?
This so called Leader of the free world is one CSSOB!
THAT is how you get LOTS more people killed. Well , they get an A+ for the “Cluelessness and Stupidity in Politics” class….
The obama gang want Afghanistan to fail. Then they can blame it on Bush. obama does not really care about troop’s lives. To him troops are pawns to be used politically, not morally.
He wants a Vietnam that he can blame on Bush. It started under his administration, so his hands are clean. He obviously has no care that our children and spouses, brothers and sisters, moms, dads and numerous other family members are dying for our safety and the Afghanis freedom to exist. Obviously he skipped the course on human rights and dignity. What a loser!
Pete, well said, I agree so much.
Jack, yes they do.
I flew on C-5 Galaxy missions in war and peace from 1984 – 1997, and live in the hub of US military airlift as we speak… It is almost winter in Afghanistan NOW and the Taliban are dug into their high ground Cave Condos…
BHO is stalling while realizing that SOON it will be too cold and harsh to mobilize the airlift of 45,000 troops… Been there and done this before Bear Nation. Call this BHO’s VALLEY FORGE 2009!
SEAN, your right, yes what he did with
Iran was very telling too.
Alex, yes they are experts at
“”Cluelessness and Stupidity in Politics””
Tom, that is exactly how he feels about them.
He is totally to blame for anything that
happens to our troops and I want so much
to send him an email and tell him that to his
ugly face.
Lynn, you right he could care less about
the loved ones of our troops. When
Michelle Obama goes and speaks to the
military wives it makes me so angry, she
is a total phony.
Darth, thanks for sharing that, I bet
that is just what he has in mind too.
This seems to be the same old strategy of the democrats. Blame Bush, then try to jazz it up by helping the other side win, by sending Carville to help Karzai’s opponents.