Karzai tells elders there is no trust between Afghanistan and U.S.
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai told a meeting of elders gathered in Kabul to debate a security deal with the United States on Thursday that he did not trust their ally, and it did not trust him.
"My trust with America is not good. I don't trust them and they don't trust me. During the past 10 years I have fought with them and they have made propaganda against me," Karzai said.
Read more: http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/11/21/afghanistan-usa-trust-idINDEE9AK06520131121
More to follow I assume.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)Ingrate.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,374 posts)The sooner, the better.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)What he says and what he does are not congruent, I have noticed.
I suspect he is smart enough to see what happens to puppet leaders who disappoint the West.
Ganja Ninja
(15,953 posts)"All they did was invade my country and set me up in power and pay me tons of money. But really, when you think of them don't think of me. I'm not their guy."
Alamuti Lotus
(3,093 posts)He is also very angry with leaders that try to be all things to all centers of power in some desperate attempt to hold onto his own--that really offends him.
ConcernedCanuk
(13,509 posts).
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Maybe some governments do, and maybe some governments just pretend they do.
But I think the general population of the World definitely do not trust, nor like the USA.
Bombing the shit out of people can do that . . .
CC
KinMd
(966 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)and he's not standing again.