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Karzai was 'diagnosed with manic depression', new book on war claims
President Obama's distrust for Afghan President and his agonising search for a way out are revealed by Bob Woodward
By Rupert Cornwell in Washington
Thursday, 23 September 2010
President Obama fought hard but in vain to force the Pentagon to come up with an exit strategy for the deepening war in Afghanistan – his difficulties compounded by fierce disputes within his national security team and the need to deal with an Afghan leader they trusted little and who, according to US intelligence, was a manic depressive.
These are the most striking disclosures of Obama's Wars, by the former Watergate reporter Bob Woodward, the prime focus of which is on the agonising and protracted policy review that led to the President's December 2009 announcement of a 30,000 troop surge in Afghanistan.
The book is the 16th by Mr Woodward, who has become the de facto court historian of every presidency since Ronald Reagan. It gives a blow-by-blow, memo-by-memo account of the deliberations, based on copious interviews with virtually every protagonist in the drama, including Mr Obama himself.
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Karzai was 'diagnosed with manic depression', new book on war claims - Asia, World - The Independent
President Obama's distrust for Afghan President and his agonising search for a way out are revealed by Bob Woodward
By Rupert Cornwell in Washington
Thursday, 23 September 2010
President Obama fought hard but in vain to force the Pentagon to come up with an exit strategy for the deepening war in Afghanistan – his difficulties compounded by fierce disputes within his national security team and the need to deal with an Afghan leader they trusted little and who, according to US intelligence, was a manic depressive.
These are the most striking disclosures of Obama's Wars, by the former Watergate reporter Bob Woodward, the prime focus of which is on the agonising and protracted policy review that led to the President's December 2009 announcement of a 30,000 troop surge in Afghanistan.
The book is the 16th by Mr Woodward, who has become the de facto court historian of every presidency since Ronald Reagan. It gives a blow-by-blow, memo-by-memo account of the deliberations, based on copious interviews with virtually every protagonist in the drama, including Mr Obama himself.
Link:
Karzai was 'diagnosed with manic depression', new book on war claims - Asia, World - The Independent
