Karzai: Barry Needs To Settle Down And Show Better Judgement
Posted on February 14, 2009
So, let’s see: Obama is trying to play pattycake with Iran, making nice-nice, and ticking off Afghan President Hamid Karzai. And Karzai, playing the experienced executive, takes an oh-so-nice shot back
Here’s one unsettling exchange with the Afghan chief of state sounding a tad displeased with his newbie presidential counterpart:
Zakaria: “Mr. President, how will you deal with the Obama administration because you did get on well with Bush. President Obama says that ‘Karzai has a bunker mentality.’ He has said that the Afghan government seems detached from what is happening in the rest of the country. Richard Holbrooke has made similar criticisms. Do you feel that these people — President Obama, Special Representative Holbrooke — do not understand what is happening in Afghanistan?”
Karzai: “I saw that statement and I was surprised to see that statement.
“About seven months ago, the U.S. embassy signed a multi-million dollar contract with our ministry of health — over $100 million I believe — because the ministry of health, according to the U.S. embassy, has done such a great service all over the country and is present all over the country. Our rural development program has reached 75% of Afghan’s 40,000 villages.
“We had schools in the country where we’ve never had schools in our history. We have roads in the country paved where we’ve never had roads in our history. The engagement with the Afghan population is so wide and so widely spread that we’ve never had in our history. And the U.S. government officials in Afghanistan know that.
“So I was surprised to hear that statement. Perhaps it’s because the administration has not yet put itself together. Perhaps they have not been given the information yet. And I hope as they settle down, as they learn more, we will see better judgment.”
We all hope that, Pres. Karzai, at least from a commander in chief and foreign policy standpoint. But, doubtful. As Joe Biden, that guy Obama picked as VP, said “The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training.”
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Besides the fact that he was running for President for two years (apparently that’s not enough time to educate himself on topics that “could be of importance” should he win the election) and even claimed support for the war in Afghanistan (he can support something that he knows so little about?) repeatedly. Yeah. Sounds like a bit more talking out both sides of his mouth, blowing smoke, or just saying whatever he needed to say to win, regardless of the consequences.
It seems that Barack has been busy pissing off our allies and snuggling up to our enemies. I wonder why that is?