Afghan President Hamid Karzai (Reuters)
Treachery At The Top In Afghanistan -- Ralph Peters. New York Post
In his latest act of ingrate treachery, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered US Special Forces out of Wardak Province, the back door to Kabul. His demand came two weeks after he halted US close air support for the Afghan National Army, crippling his own military’s capabilities.
And that came atop multiple incidents when “our man in Kabul” blamed US troops for everything that went wrong in his wretched country.
That’s what you get for $600 billion these days. Without our support and protection, Karzai would have been swinging from a lamp post years ago — just as his predecessor Najibullah did in 1996. But stuck in our strategic battered-wife syndrome, we’ve continued to make excuses every time Karzai lashed out at us.
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My Comment: I usually disagree with Ralph Peters .... but on this story he is on the money.
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