U.S. PUPPET CUTS HIS STRINGS: KARZAI THREATENS TO JOIN TALIBAN

"Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened over the weekend to quit the political process and join the Taliban if he continued to come under outside pressure to reform..."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100405/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan

"... in the speech he accused the Western coalition fighting against the Taliban of being on the verge of becoming invaders — a term usually used by insurgents to refer to American, British and other NATO troops fighting in Afghanistan. “In this situation there is a thin curtain between invasion and cooperation-assistance,” said Mr. Karzai, adding that if the perception spread that Western forces were invaders and the Afghan government their mercenaries, the insurgency “could become a national resistance.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/world/asia/02afghan.html

"... "It's just to make sure that we all understand as to where each one of us stands," Karzai said. "Afghanistan is the home of Afghans, and we own this place. And our partners are here to help in a cause that's all of us. We run this country, the Afghans..."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-04-06-Karzai_N.htm?csp=usat.me

"... Karzai dropped a bombshell, asserting the U.S. was occupying Afghanistan to dominate the energy-rich Caspian Basin region, not because of the non-existent al-Qaida or Taliban. Karzai said Taliban was “resisting western occupation"... he began openly defying his American patrons and adopting an independent position. The puppet was cutting his strings..."
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/eric_margolis/2010/04/09/13530691.htm
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