In an interview with NBC today, Afghan President Hamid Karzai noted that the US and NATO occupation is fueling the continued insecurity in Afghanistan, while appearing to express regret for having signed a deal keeping US forces in the nation through 2024.
“We signed the strategic partnership agreement with the expectation and the hope … the nature of the United States’ activities in Afghanistan will change,” Karzai said, adding that the US “continues to violate Afghan sovereignty” despite the deal.
Karzai’s list of complaints included long-standing disputes, including annoyance that the US appears to continue to believe it can win the war with attacks on Afghan villages, and the US refusal to follow through on the pledged handover of Bagram Prison.
The US has continued to express irritation with Karzai, insisting he is insufficiently grateful for the ongoing occupation and spends too much time complaining about the massive death toll of the war.
But, but…that's how they justify a war that lasts 10 or 20 years…what's a little self-fulfilling "adjustments to keep the sheeple back home backing the war the doesn't really have a goal other than continued war. It's not like they're running out of cannon fodder yet. And when that becomes an issue, there will be another "incident" to stoke the fires of nationalistic hubris and refill the enlistment queues. It's who we are now. Sad, really.
As for Karzai, the US should pull all the "security" the US provides for his protection and see how long he lasts. My guess the corruption he says the US allowed (and that has filled his private Swiss bank accounts) will quickly remove him from the picture.