Dept. of not-so-bold-predictions: Based on the record of Secretary of State Kerrys recent travels, heres a headline youre not going to see: Kerry resolves Afghan election dispute. Yes, the secretary of state is heading for Afghanistan, a sure sign that the Obama administration is about to experience another foreign policy disaster of the sort that seems to follow Kerry like the plague. He is to arrive in Kabul to mediate between the two candidates for the presidency, both crying foul over the recent stuffed-ballot-style election. He will, it seems, officially preside over the ongoing dissolution of U.S. policy in that country. From Iraq to Afghanistan, its been a remarkable record of failure this year. For the Obama administration, nothing ever seems to turn out as planned or expected. Tom U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive to a skeptical audience in Afghanistan this week to try to resolve a deepening crisis over a disputed presidential election which has stirred ethnic tensions in the fragile country. Afghanistan has plunged into political chaos in recent months as a protracted election process to pick a successor to President Hamid Karzai has run into a deadlock between two leading candidates, Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani. newsweek/kerry-faces-uphill-battle-defuse-afghan-election-standoff-after-abdullah-threatens-258152
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:30:02 +0000
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