After rearranging deck chairs, the Kabuki occupation continues without missing a beat

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U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan calls for unity
By Amir Shah and Heidi Vogt - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jun 24, 2010 17:24:21 EDT

KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan pledged Thursday to move forward in a unified mission with Gen. David Petraeus after the ouster of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top commander in the war.

President Obama announced Wednesday that he was replacing McChrystal as the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan following a Rolling Stone magazine article in which McChrystal and his aides were dismissive of the U.S. administration.

“The United States cannot allow diversions to prevent us from carrying out our mission with unity of purpose,” Eikenberry said in a speech to Afghan journalists. “Our president felt that a change was needed to maintain that unity of purpose and so he made that change. He told us that it is time for us to come together and that’s what we are going to do.”

Eikenberry — who had differed with McChrystal on Afghan strategy — said he was confident that Petraeus, who has been deeply involved in creating and implementing the Afghan strategy, would be able to take up the new post without losing momentum.

“We continue to have a very clear goal. We are going to break the Taliban’s momentum. We are going to build Afghan capacity, especially in the area of your army and your police,” Eikenberry said.

[Swamp Rat]

1. THIS time the West will WIN!!!