http://www.jockcoats.org.uk/just_little_retirement_job_paddy Comments for "Just a little retirement job, Paddy?" en http://www.jockcoats.org.uk/just_little_retirement_job_paddy <p> So Lord &quot;Paddy&quot; Ashdown has apparently <a href="/our_man_kabul" target="_blank" title="Paddy in Kabul?">accepted the job</a> as UN high representative in Kabul: </p> <blockquote> <p> <em>The former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Paddy Ashdown, has agreed to become the United Nations&#39; envoy to Afghanistan, a source close to negotiations on the post said today.<br /> &quot;Yes, he has accepted the job,&quot; the source told the Reuters news agency, speaking of an agreement between Ashdown, 66, and the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon.</p> <p> Ashdown, a former soldier, had been seeking a strengthened mandate for the post, to become more deeply involved in coordinating efforts to combat a Taliban insurgency and guide reconstruction.</em> </p> </p></blockquote> <p> Hardly what I would choose as a retirement job.  I guess it&#39;s true what they say about old soldiers!  Good luck to him.  I disagree with our presence there, but I can&#39;t think of anyone better to try to put it right.  </p> http://www.jockcoats.org.uk/just_little_retirement_job_paddy#comments Afghanistan Paddy Ashdown Positive Media Feeds Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:17:37 +0000 Jock 789 at http://www.jockcoats.org.uk