With Karzai Favored to Win, U.S. Walks a Fine Line
"The U.S. has certainly tried to undermine Karzai's leadership," said Haroun Mir, director of Afghanistan's Center for Research and Policy Studies. But the failure of rival candidates to unite on a ticket dashed what appeared to many observers to be a U.S. hope of an opposition coalition. Full Story »
Posted by Manfred Ostrowski
Karzai seems the best available person to attempt this very difficult program of lowering the level of violence in Afghanistan. Iran and Russia both say that putting more US troops into Afghanistan will not improve security. This position, of course, is shared by the president of the country.