Hamid Karzai, Politician As crooked as they come Karzai's not only crooked, most of his regime's corrupt. His army's not worth diddly and continues to get whupped. The only thing it's good for is to stuff a ballot box. He's another politician who's discovered money talks. No way he pays the warlords off Without outside assistance. He'd be an Ahmad Chalabi who's failed to go the distance. American-Afghan "success" will be in short supply Unless he fears that we'll go home and let his troubles multiply Now's the time to call his bluff: "Clean up your act or we pull out!" His vote-rigging makes it clear he's someone we should do without. Close the Karzai conduit so U.S. funds do not finance His Taliban insurgency as well as any further rants.
Bob Carlson To 'Corruption by Karzai' To 'Bushie's Legacy' To 'The Karzai calculus' |