{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Ryan Crocker: Good Diplomat \/ Lousy Ambassador","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article64331.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article64331.html'\u003ERyan Crocker: Good Diplomat \/ Lousy Ambassador\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn April 28, 2011, President Obama announced that Ryan Crocker would be replacing Karl Eikenberry as U.S. Ambassador in Kabul.  While the departure of the ineffective and largely invisible Eikenberry should be welcomed by all Afghans, his replacement arrives with a questionable record.  Ryan Crocker\u2019s tour as U.S. Ambassador in Iraq from March 2007 to March 2009, saw significant diplomatic successes, for which he should receive credit, but his failure as a manager led to a seemingly endless (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}