Monday, April 5, 2010

Political Disaster In Afghanistan?



U.S. To Afghan Leader: Watch What You Say -- ABC News

State Department Calls Karzai's Suggestion that he Might Join the Taliban a 'Head-Scratcher'

The rhetorical divide between the United States and Afghan President Hamid Karzai showed no signs of abating today: Karzai has spoken out against the U.S. and NATO presence in his country twice in the past week and now the United States is suggesting he watch what he say.

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More News On The Crisis In U.S. - Afghan Relations

Lawmakers: Afghan leader threatens to join Taliban -- Breitbart/AP
U.S. faces domestic fallout from Karzai outburst -- Reuters
Gibbs: White House is 'frustrated' by Karzai remarks -- CNN
Karzai Remarks Ratchet Up Tensions With Washington -- Radio Free Europe
Karzai 'threatened to join Taliban' -- Press Association
Afghanistan president's remarks again stir unease -- L.A. Times
Lawmakers Say Karzai Threatened to Join Taliban -- Voice of America
AP Analysis: Karzai remarks risk US-Afghan rift -- AP
President Obama needs to rethink the chill in Afghan relations -- Washington Post editorial

My Comment: When your #1 political ally in Afghanistan is threatening to join the Taliban .... disaster does not even come close to what we are now facing in the Afghan war.

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