Friday, October 8, 2010

"Hope Is Not A Strategy" According To Outgoing National Security Advisor James Jones (An Interview)



Outgoing Security Advisor Jones Voices Concern on Pakistan -- Der Spiegel

US President Barack Obama is losing yet another advisor: National Security Advisor James Jones is resigning. Shortly before the announcement, SPIEGEL ONLINE spoke to Jones about the war on terror and the delicate state of the US relationship with Pakistan.

For 40 years, James L. Jones served in the military before he hung up his uniform and became national security advisor in Washington. But in the future, United States President Barack Obama will have to do without his expert advice -- Jones plans to step down, a high-ranking colleague in the US government said on Friday.

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My Comment: Former National Security Advisor Jones makes some reasonable pointers in this interview .... but he is now gone, and will be forgotten by next week.

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