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1257Au milieu de la tempête déchaînée à Washington par l’interview de McChrystal, et les cris nombreux demandant son départ et le vouant aux gémonies, trônent, souriantes et ironiques, les déclarations dithyrambiques des frères Karzaï en faveur du général US. Le président Karzaï et son demi-frère, roi de la drogue dans le royaume, tressent des couronnes au général, ne serait-ce sans doute que parce que lui, McChrystal, a été poli avec les Karzaï dont il avait besoin, au contraire des Holbrooke, Biden et autres Obama que McChrystal vilipende dans son interview.
Ainsi Huffington.Post nous régale-t-il, ce 23 juin 2010, des appréciations des frères Karzaï, qui pèsent leurs tonnes d’ironie satisfaite. Peut-être McChrystal pourrait-il se reclasser à la tête de l’armée afghane…
«Afghan President Hamid Karzai gave a strong endorsement Tuesday to embattled Gen. Stanley McChrystal, describing him as the “best commander” of the war and expressing hope that he keeps his job despite a magazine profile replete with derogatory comments about President Barack Obama and members of the U.S. national strategy team.
»While Obama's relationship with Karzai has sometimes been rocky, McChrystal has cultivated the Afghan leader, encouraging him to visit remote areas of the country and assume responsibility for military operations against the Taliban.
»Karzai's chief spokesman said the Afghan leader believes McChrystal is a person of “great integrity” and had displayed a very good understanding of the Afghan people and the Afghan culture.
»“The president believes that Gen. McChrystal is the best commander that NATO and coalition forces have had in Afghanistan over the past nine years,” spokesman Waheed Omar said. Omar said McChrystal has worked closely with Karzai since he took command last year and that "lots of things have improved.” Asked what would happen if McChrystal were replaced, Omar said: “Of course, we hope that that does not happen.” […]
»McChrystal ordered U.S. and NATO forces to show restraint in battles where civilian lives were at risk, heeding Karzai's complaints that the heavy use of airpower was turning the population against the NATO mission. McChrystal established new rules of engagement which curbed the use of heavy weapons – a move that helped reduce civilian deaths attributed to the coalition but that brought complaints from soldiers in the field.
»Most recently, McChrystal had sought to win public support for a planned security operation in the largest city in the south, Kandahar, organizing meetings with community leaders to explain the strategy even at the cost of delays in the timetable.
»“He is the first good thing to happen to Afghanistan,” said Karzai's half brother Ahmad Wali Karzai, considered the most powerful figure in Kandahar. “He is active. He is honest. He does a good job, a lot of positive things have happened since he has come.”
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