Quote Originally Posted by charlyjsp View Post
...The implication seems to be that (1) the US/Obama Admin should impose a particular strategy on all other states in ISAF, UNAMA etc. as well as NGOs and (2) that one of the failures of the current admin was to not "impose order" on those unruly other states & NGOs. Does the author realize how absurd this sounds?
Apparently not...
...I am expecting a genuine appreciation for the need to develop a new shared strategy, not dictate one. That Obama-Petraeus would be the 'first authors' is probably acceptable by most states in ISAF.
We can hope.
...Let's see what happens in Strassbourg and Kehl.
Yep. Too early to tell and the US governmental system and its four, six and / or eight year transitions do tend to greatly complicate matters of strategery...

Noting that the enduring institutions have been aware of that scheduled turmoil at the top for a long, long time yet do not seem to adapt to it...

The Schmedlap and wm exchange above also resonates -- though I've noticed that having six almost co-equal leaders does seem to complicate the process a bit.