Karzai points the finger at US

After facing weeks of criticism that perhaps he is not the right partner for the United States, President Hamid Karzai struck back, questioning whether the United States was the right partner for Afghanistan.

In a rambling interview with CNN, Karzai asked, "Is the United States a reliable partner with Afghanistan? Is the West a reliable partner with Afghanistan? Have we received the commitments that we were given? Have we been treated like a partner?"

Karzai said a true partnership takes plan "where the Afghan lives are respected, where Afghan property is respected, where the Afghan traditions are respected, where we know the direction we are moving to."

If he wants us to respect the Afghan tradition of bribery and corruption and local feuds orchestrated by bloodthirsty warlords, perhaps we should oblige him. From the videos I've watched our soldiers try very hard to respect Afghan property, well aware of the inflammatory consequences of not doing so. Unfortunately, language and religious barriers are enormous hurdles to overcome.

This comment may also be a bone Karzai is throwing to the irate mobs who believe the U.S military recently descreated a Koran.