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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michae..._b_371239.html
"And after interviewing the bestselling author I had no doubt his concepts influenced the President's decision to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, a doctrine announced by Obama on Tuesday which aides said will likely include a surge of approximately 30,000"
Take a look at what that menstrual waste and zionist Christopher Hitchens says in his praise:
"Lending even more credence to Ahmed Rashid's reputation is the fact that Christopher Hitchens described him as "Pakistan's best and bravest reporter", which is an astounding testimonial considering Hitchens dispenses compliments as often as the Taliban hand out birth control."
"Michael Hughes: What about this argument that Afghanistan isn't ready for democratic or parliamentary systems?
Ahmed Rashid: I think every country should have the chance of building a democratic process. There have been major mistakes made by Karzai and major mistakes made by the international community. You must have a political system in place that can grow and develop. Democracy is still the best possible system that we have."
" That is why you need more foreign troops and quicker training of the Afghan army, which is performing quite well except there are too few of them."
Here are his neocon credentials:
"That is why you need more foreign troops and quicker training of the Afghan army, which is performing quite well except there are too few of them."
http://www.spiegel.de/international/...710065,00.html
"Then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met with him to discuss his opinions, and Rashid was showered with invitations from the likes of neocon luminary Paul Wolfowitz and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. President Barack Obama invited him to dinner before his inauguration, at a time when Obama himself was apparently not very well informed about the situation in Afghanistan."

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