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November 7, 2011

Gen. Fuller Fired for Telling the Truth

James Corum, Daily Telegraph

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President Obama’s policy of appeasing Islamic dictators has resulted in another setback for the United States and its allies. On Friday, on the orders of the US government, Major General Peter Fuller, deputy commander of the NATO mission to train the Afghani forces, was removed from his post. Fuller’s crime: telling the truth about a serious problem for NATO forces in Afghanistan.

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TAGGED: Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai

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