Holbrooke ...final words..."You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan."

[Whoa_Nelly]

At end of WaPo article, p.5

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/13/AR2010121305198.html

Richard Holbrooke dies: Veteran U.S. diplomat brokered Dayton peace accords

By Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 13, 2010; 11:08 PM
Longtime U.S. diplomat Richard C. Holbrooke, whose relentless prodding and deft maneuvering yielded the 1995 Dayton peace accords that ended the war in Bosnia - a success he hoped to repeat as President Obama's chief envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan - died Monday in Washington of complications from surgery to repair a torn aorta. He was 69.

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As Holbrooke was sedated for surgery, his final words were to his Pakistani surgeon, family members said: "You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan."

[gratuitous]

1. Missed his calling as a comedian

Why would the United States stop the war in Afghanistan? It's going swimmingly, last I heard. It's the good war! You're dishonoring the memory of Pat Tillman. And stuff.

[BeFree]

3. And the economy

War is good for the economy!! Think how bad it would be if we weren't draining the federal reserve to pay for the war and how many soldiers and airmen and defense department people would be looking for work.

[Bjorn Against]

2. K&R, let's make sure that his final wish is honored

[applegrove]

4. RIP.

[Puregonzo1188]

5. Oh man...

[PoliticAverse]

6. Counterproductive...

"One of his first initiatives was to end the U.S. focus on poppy eradication in Afghanistan, on the grounds that removing the livelihood from opium production that sustained many Afghan farmers was counterproductive."

[tigereye]

7. oh no! So sad.

He was an amazing, dedicated and interesting man. (A work colleague died of the same thing 2 weeks ago.) :(

[applegrove]

8. RIP

[WilliamPitt]

9. Kick

[Whoa_Nelly]

10. +1 n/t