Graham "Stunned" by Afghan-U.S. Rift
ABC News reports:
In an exclusive interview today on "This Week," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told anchor Christiane Amanpour that he was "just stunned" by Afghan President Hamid Karzai's comments to the Washington Post that took issue with a fundamental part of U.S. counterinsurgency strategy.
"You know Christiane, I'm just stunned," Graham said, noting that he had dinner with Karzai. "The focus of the article is the night raids. We were briefed by our military commanders that … we own the night, militarily, and are making huge impact on the Taliban, the insurgency as a whole."
"This didn't come up at all," he said.
"At the end of the day, there was no discussion about a difference between [Gen. David] Petraeus and Karzai in terms of strategy. I would just add this: If we cannot use night raids with our Afghan partners, then that's a big loss in terms of gaining security. The Petraeus strategy must be allowed to go forward for us to be successful," he said.
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