No joke: Karzai threatens to join the Taliban

[Ian David]

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has slammed Western backers for the second time in a week, accusing the United States of interference, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

In a private meeting with up to 70 Afghan lawmakers Saturday, Karzai also warned that the Taliban insurgency could become a legitimate resistance movement if foreign meddling in Afghan affairs continues, the Journal said, citing participants in the talks.

During the talks, Karzai, whose government is supported by billions of dollars of Western aid and 126,000 foreign troops fighting the Taliban, said he would be compelled to join the insurgency himself if the parliament does not back his bid to take over Afghanistan's electoral watchdog.

His comments came less than a day after Karzai sought to defuse tensions over his earlier anti-foreigner outburst by assuring US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton he was committed to working with the United States.



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[DCBob]

1. Karzai is getting desperate.. I think this is actually a good sign...

It means the Obama administration must be zeroing in on his hot buttons.

[still_one]

3. I agree /nt

[Pirate Smile]

4. He is definitely getting squeezed in some way and is squealing like a stuck pig because of it.

[NJmaverick]

2. Karzai = by far the biggest obstacle to success in Afghanistan