General David Petraeus has handed over command of American and coalition forces in Afghanistan to another US general, John Allen, who will assume responsibility as Washington and others draw up exit plans from the nearly 10-year conflict.The transfer on Monday came amid further violence: an aide to the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, and an Afghan MP were assassinated in a Taliban-claimed attack in Kabul, while three Nato troops were killed in eastern Afghanistan.
How many generals can we run through before we realize the only way out of this nightmare is out?
Allen, who was promoted to a four-star general shortly before the handover ceremony, takes over from Petraeus, who commanded international forces in Afghanistan for one year and is retiring from the military to become the director of the CIA.
Because he’s done such a great job in Afghanistan, I guess. And I also guess that if we just add stars before sticking a general in the job, we’ve got a very large supply of them.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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