Our colleague Tim Mak had an exclusive interview with Maj. Gen. Peter Fuller, in which the Afghanistan-based commander criticized Hamid Karzai, and it apparently cost him his post:
?These unfortunate comments are neither indicative of our current solid relationship with the government of Afghanistan, its leadership, or our joint commitment to prevail here in Afghanistan,? Allen said in a statement.?The Afghan people are an honorable people, and comments such as these will not keep us from accomplishing our most critical and shared mission ? bringing about a stable, peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan,? he added.
Continue ReadingFuller was the deputy commander of the NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan and responsible for training Afghan security forces.
In a Thursday interview with POLITICO, Fuller, a two-star general, slammed Karzai?s recent remark that Afghanistan would side with Pakistan in a war against the U.S., blasting the president?s comments as ?erratic,? and adding, ?Why don?t you just poke me in the eye with a needle! You?ve got to be kidding me. ? I?m sorry, we just gave you $11.6 billion and now you?re telling me, ?I don?t really care???
?When they are going to have a presidential election, you hope they get a guy that?s more articulate in public,? Fuller added.
Fuller also criticized Afghan leaders as divorced from the economic realities of the United States.
?I said, ?You guys are isolated from reality.? The reality is, the world economy is having some significant hiccups. The U.S. is in this [too],? Fuller told POLITICO. ?If you?re in a very poor country like Afghanistan, you think that America has roads paved in gold, everybody lives in Hollywood. They don?t understand the sacrifices that America is making to provide for their security. And I think that?s part of my job ? to educate ?em.?
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