Hamid Karzai is Corrupt... But still Our Guy!!

[Dr Qasim Afridi]

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PARIS — President Hamid Karzai is "corrupt" but NATO has to accept that "he is our guy" in Afghanistan, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said, according to the New York Times on Thursday.

Kouchner also complained that President Barack Obama's US administration was drawing up a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan without consulting its European allies within NATO, leaving them in the dark.

"What is the goal? What is the road? And in the name of what?" Kouchner asked, according to the New York Times report. "Where are the Americans? It begins to be a problem ... We need to talk to each other as allies."

Karzai was named president for his second term on Monday after a chaotic election in which the first round results were marred by massive fraud and the second round abandoned after his main opponent dropped out in disgust.

Nevertheless, Kouchner said the allies had no choice but to work with him in order to get the mission in Afghanistan back on track and start building a state capable of protecting its people and holding of the Taliban.

"Karzai is corrupt, OK," he said, according to the Times. "We have to legitimise him."

AFP: Karzai 'corrupt' but 'our guy', French FM tells NYT

[Catalpa]

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PARIS — President Hamid Karzai is "corrupt" but NATO has to accept that "he is our guy" in Afghanistan, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said, according to the New York Times on Thursday.

Kouchner also complained that President Barack Obama's US administration was drawing up a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan without consulting its European allies within NATO, leaving them in the dark.

"What is the goal? What is the road? And in the name of what?" Kouchner asked, according to the New York Times report. "Where are the Americans? It begins to be a problem ... We need to talk to each other as allies."

Karzai was named president for his second term on Monday after a chaotic election in which the first round results were marred by massive fraud and the second round abandoned after his main opponent dropped out in disgust.

Nevertheless, Kouchner said the allies had no choice but to work with him in order to get the mission in Afghanistan back on track and start building a state capable of protecting its people and holding of the Taliban.

"Karzai is corrupt, OK," he said, according to the Times. "We have to legitimise him."

AFP: Karzai 'corrupt' but 'our guy', French FM tells NYT

Shades of Vietnam there.

The successive regimes in South Vietnam were corrupt as hell and tens of thousands of US soldiers died in a vain attempt to keep them in power.

Not surprisingly the Vietnam War became more and more unpopular in the US as the casualties mounted...

I suppose the difference this time is most Americans believe that Afghanistan is the home of AQ and the Taliban and just cannot be ignored...

It's a Catch 22 situation.

[eyeswideopen]

If Karzai was not corrupt he would not dream of co-operating with the NATO occupation of his country.

[Dr Qasim Afridi]

If Karzai was not corrupt he would not dream of co-operating with the NATO occupation of his country.

Well said!!!

[myksav]

It's Afghanistan. What can you say? The only people to ever win in Afghanistan are the Afghani.

As to the french complaining about the Ami's keeping them out of the loop, as many military senior has stated, 'I'll take the French soldiers, they're fine troops. But keep their leaders away from me, they couldn't find their collective asses with both hands in their back pockets'.

[USER1234]

If Karzai was not corrupt he would not dream of co-operating with the NATO occupation of his country.

I suppose you would prefer the taliban and their religious extremist tyranny??