{"id":406688,"date":"2010-03-09T07:01:54","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T12:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papundits.wordpress.com\/?p=32343"},"modified":"2010-03-09T07:01:54","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T12:01:54","slug":"us-attacks-rudd-for-being-too-weak-to-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/406688","title":{"rendered":"US Attacks Rudd For Being Too Weak To Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Andrew Bolt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd ticks off yet another ally by letting domestic politics again get in the way of good policy:<\/p>\n

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AUSTRALIA\u2019S restrictions on the deployment of its troops in Afghanistan have sparked a serious rift between military leaders in Washington and Canberra, and are likely to be a key issue during the the US President Barack Obama\u2019s visit later this month. <\/em><\/p>\n

The coalition\u2019s military commander in Afghanistan, US General Stanley McChrystal, has \u2018\u2019warned that the Rudd governments\u2019 refusal to allow Australian troops to take the fight to the Taliban was impairing the US-led war effort\u2019<\/a>\u201d. <\/em><\/p>\n

General McChrystal delivered the warning in a private phone call late last year to the Australian Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston. The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has blocked moves to send Australian-trained Afghan soldiers, and their Australian mentors, to the NATO offensive in Marja in Helmand province. <\/em><\/p>\n

Senior military sources said General McChrystal had used \u2018\u2019blunt language\u2019\u2019, complaining that Canberra was making his job \u2018\u2019incredibly difficult\u2019\u2019. The sources said there was potential for \u2018\u2019permanent damage\u2019\u2019 to the US perception of Australia\u2019s military commitment.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Andrew Bolt<\/em><\/a> is a journalist and columnist writing for <\/em>The Herald Sun<\/em><\/a> in Melbourne Victoria Australia.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read more excellent articles from Andrew Bolt\u2019s Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

Filed under: Afghanistan<\/a>, America (USA)<\/a>, Australia<\/a>, Conniving Politicians<\/a>, Liberals<\/a>, Lily-Livered Liberals<\/a>, Limp-Wrist Liberals<\/a>, Middle East<\/a>, Military<\/a>, Politics<\/a>, Spine Donor Politicians<\/a> Tagged: Afghanistan Military Committment<\/a>, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd<\/a>, General Stanley McChrystal<\/a>, War In Afghanistan<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Andrew Bolt Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd ticks off yet another ally by letting domestic politics again get in the way of good policy: AUSTRALIA\u2019S restrictions on the deployment of its troops in Afghanistan have sparked a serious rift between military leaders in Washington and Canberra, and are likely to be a key issue […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4200,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-406688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}