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Karzai is impossible – give it up

by YankeeJim | June 28, 2010 at 03:19 am

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Sow’s ear Karzai is never going to be a reputable leader of the Afghan people. The US needs to get out of the way and let nature take its course. You cannot engineer a nation from the outside in. What will be will come from the Afghanis themselves.

“News Alert: Karzai aides are derailing corruption cases involving elite, U.S. officials say
10:15 PM EDT Sunday, June 27, 2010

Top officials in President Hamid Karzai's government have repeatedly derailed corruption investigations of politically connected Afghans, according to U.S. officials who have provided Afghanistan's authorities with wiretapping technology and other assistance in efforts to crack down on endemic graft.”