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Friday, November 04, 2011

Major General Peter Fuller relieved of command for remarks.

News/Commentary

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Major General Peter Fuller bio
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Commentary by Jeff/TOR

First of all, God Bless You for your service to out Country sir.

Enough is enough....someone had to say it, our other "leaders" won't.  They'll bow and apologize.

Americans spend billions, if not trillions of tax dollars on defending and taking care of other countries.  In this case, Afghanistan.

Several weeks ago Afghan leader Karzai made a statement that "In the event of a US/Pakistani confrontation, the people of Afghanistan would be at the side of the Pakistanis."

We're the only reason this Karzai character exists and continues to breath air.  After Karzai's statements, Maj. General Fuller said in a recent Politico interview:

Fuller characterized Afghan leaders as erratic, ungrateful and isolated from reality. The interview quotes him as saying Afghan leaders don't fully recognize America's sacrifices on their country's behalf. 

Referring to Karzai's recent assertion that Afghanistan would side with Pakistan if Pakistan got into a war with the U.S., Fuller was quoted as calling the comments "erratic," 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?"


Fuller said the Afghans have at times made unreasonable requests for U.S. assistance.

"You can teach a man how to fish, or you can give them a fish," Fuller was quoted as saying. "We're giving them fish while they're learning, and they want more fish! (They say,) 'I like swordfish, how come you're giving me cod?' Guess what? Cod's on the menu today."


Fuller also said the Afghans don't understand the extent to which the U.S. is in economic distress or the "sacrifices that America is making to provide for their security." He said the Afghans are "isolated from reality."  ...courtesy of AP writer LOLITA C. BALDOR 
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 ...and what exactly was it that he said that was not fact?  I understand the military protocols...but in this case, could we side on common sense, and the good guy for a change?  There are many other ways without a public humiliation to punish for the violation of protocol.
He just said what MILLIONS of us were thinking.
This bit of "strength" shown by Maj. Gen. Fuller is a shot in the arm we need right now.
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General Fuller's Career-Ending Message for Americans
American Thinker
Major General Peter Fuller's career-destroying offense was to publicly criticize Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai for saying during an October 22 nd interview with Pakistani news media that if the US and Pakistan got into a war, he and Afghanistan ...
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General is right about Karzai
The Tennessean
Gen. Peter Fuller joins George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, and more recently, Harold Campbell and Stanley McChrystal in losing his job or at least being reprimanded for his outspokenness. It seems that the very qualities that allow them to achieve high ...
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US general sacked for Karzai remarks
Frontier Post
KABUL (Agencies): A US general in Afghanistan has been sacked after accusing leaders including President Hamid Karzai of being out of touch and ungrateful for American support, officials said.Major General Peter Fuller, who was deputy commander of ...
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So long and thanks for all the fish: US general fired for criticising Afghan ...
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
The latest victim of what many in the military will regard as political correctness is Major General Peter Fuller, until this weekend deputy commander of the Nato training mission in Afghanistan. Why don't you just poke me in the eye with a needle! ...
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Speaking frankly costs an Army general his job
Christian Science Monitor
Allen sacked Major General Peter Fuller for making "inappropriate public comments" about President Hamid Karzai and other Afghan leaders. A US Army general in Afghanistan has been fired – “relieved of command,” in military jargon – for speaking ...
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Gen. Peter Fuller rapped for remarks to POLITICO
Politico
Gen. Peter Fuller to POLITICO disparaging President Hamid Karzai and calling the government's leaders “isolated from reality.” “These unfortunate comments are clearly MG Fuller's personal opinions. However, they in no way represent the policies or ...
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NATO Relieves US General Over Afghanistan Comments
WLWT Cincinnati
Gen. John R. Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force, said Major Gen. Peter Fuller was relieved of duty, effective immediately, for making "inappropriate public comments." Fuller, who was helping train and equip Afghan security ...
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Top US general fired from Afghan training job
StandardNet
2 general in charge of training for making disparaging remarks about Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his government. Gen. John Allen said Maj. Gen. Peter Fuller has been relieved of his duties as deputy commander for the Afghan training mission. ...
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Afghanistan transition is on track, senior general says
NEWS.GNOM.ES (press release)
Gen. Peter Fuller, who is leading NATO's effort to develop the national institutions that will manage procurement, contracting, budgeting, infrastructure building and training for the 352000-strong Afghan National Security Force, which includes the ...
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2 comments:

  1. Seems his personal opinions hit a nerve. Maybe he might consider running for office. He stood up and spoke his mind, and most of it, IMO is correct.

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  2. Good someone knows what is going on and cares

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