Wise decision Lord Ashdown...
Certain quarters are looking for a fall-guy not a fixer. Unless you are prepared to be a nodding donkey, doing as told, but also taking the rap for all the cr@p, steer well clear of this job. It's poison.
Letter
Also suspect that his 'vision' of what needed to be done was not perfectly in accord with Washington!!!
Certain quarters are looking for a fall-guy not a fixer. Unless you are prepared to be a nodding donkey, doing as told, but also taking the rap for all the cr@p, steer well clear of this job. It's poison.
Letter
Ashdown pulls out of Afghan role
Paddy Ashdown has told the UN secretary general that he no longer wishes to become special envoy to Afghanistan.
Mr Ashdown said the job needed Afghan government backing that did not exist, even though President Hamid Karzai had once "wished him to take up the post".
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Paddy Ashdown has told the UN secretary general that he no longer wishes to become special envoy to Afghanistan.
Mr Ashdown said the job needed Afghan government backing that did not exist, even though President Hamid Karzai had once "wished him to take up the post".
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