Our president has just completed a quick trip to Afghanistan where he saw the troops and had a private meeting with Prime Minister Karzai. I hope Obama gave him a good verbal whacking--- or even a physical one. Our wonderful ally, Mr. Karzai, is increasingly delighted to flaunt anti-American sentiments whenever possible in public. And, in addition, he extends the red carpet treatment to Premier Ahmadinejad of Iran who is invited to Kabul where he promptly delivers an inflammatory anti-American tirade. Add to that the corruption in Karzai's family, especially his brother.
Any efforts to clean up the opium mess and the graft rampant in that country is immediately undermined by the corruption of Karzai's government. He added further fuel to the fire by abolishing the independent commission set up to investigate fraud in the last election. I bet you can't guess why he abolished the commission?
I'm starting to reach the point where I am questioning even more than usual our commitment to this historical cesspool where any "foreign invader" has lost or pulled out. Prime Minister Karzai adds more fuel to that fire.
He won't end the corruption and graft because members of his family benefit. He has to go.
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