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US Ambassador to Kenya Resigns After Threatening to Shoot Staff in the Head
The Telegraph reported:
Scott Gration, who had led the US embassy in Nairobi since February last year, stepped down late last week, citing “differences with Washington regarding my leadership style”.
It is understood that the State Department’s inspector general is preparing to release a scathing report on Mr Gration, who is a close ally of President Barack Obama, following an extensive internal inquiry.
The former Air Force major general is said to have shown a “confrontational” and eccentric style of micromanagement that caused low morale and complaints among embassy staff.
Mr Gration repeatedly engaged in battles with employees and, according to a report by Foreign Policy, threatened at one point to “shoot them in the head” if they did not comply.
Pickled Liver
July 5th, 2012
For some reason this guy sounds like “a close ally of President Barack Obama” – Neither one can accept anything but blind obedience !
MAJ Mike
July 5th, 2012
Yup. The Dem-Cong got all the smart ones.
norman einstein
July 5th, 2012
@Pickled Liver, that’s only part of it. The guy’s a nutcase egomaniac.
A lot more details here:
http://allafrica.com/stories/201206300001.html
Tim
July 5th, 2012
Good thing nobody took him seriously and whacked him.
Typical Demonrat.
Corona
July 5th, 2012
Oh those Krazy Kooky Kenyans!
Pickled Liver
July 5th, 2012
@norman einstein – Thanks for the link! After reading he was: “The most mystical believer in Obamaism whom I met.” He was also known to compare the senator to Nelson Mandela. (WTF?)
Now I truly believe he is bat shit crazy!
Tony R
July 5th, 2012
“It is understood that the State Department’s inspector general is preparing to release a scathing report on Mr Gration, who is a close ally of President Barack Obama, following an extensive internal inquiry.”
I predict another Inspector General is about to be fired!
Stranded in Sonoma
July 5th, 2012
I think it’s time for a round of Another one under the bus.
NoMoBo
July 5th, 2012
Are there any close allies of Obama who aren’t thugs? Didn’t think so.
scr_north
July 5th, 2012
Hmm, kind of mixed mind about this one. Yes the Ambassador is an Obamaphile but in his defense he was threatening State Department lifers and not real people that care about democracy.