US Afghanistan envoy Ryan Crocker to step down

May 22nd, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Mr Crocker has anchored the US diplomatic presence at a time when Western
sites – and even the American embassy building itself – have been the target
by Taliban militants. Mr Crocker has also urged the Afghan government to
make reforms that could help it secure billions of dollars in future outside
aid.

The appointment of a diplomat of Mr Crocker’s stature in 2011 was seen as
another sign of Mr Obama’s desire to turn around a campaign that was
received insufficient attention and resources for years – and of his
determination to steer the US mission there toward a conclusion.News of his
departure comes only weeks after Cameron Munter, the US ambassador in
Islamabad, informed his staff he would be leaving his post in coming months.

In yet another diplomatic departure as Mr Obama’s current term enters its
final stretch, Jeffrey Feltman, Hillary Clinton’s top diplomat in the Middle
East, will soon leave for a top post at the United Nations.

Mr Crocker earned respect in his earlier role as U.S. ambassador to Iraq from
2007-2009, when a surge in U.S. forces was credited with helping to calm a
country convulsed by sectarian violence. The post in Baghdad when suicide
bombings and mortar attacks were a daily occurrence appeared to tax
Crocker’s health. He has also served as ambassador to Pakistan, Syria,
Kuwait and Lebanon.

As a young diplomat, he worked at the US embassy in Beirut when it was bombed
in 1982 and when an American Marine barracks was attacked the following year.

He retired from the government in April 2009, becoming dean of the Bush School
of Government and Public Service at Texas AM University.

Source: Reuters