Karzai can see the writing on the wall

Published April 14, 2010

Politicians, including Stephen Harper, and pundits are united in condemning Hamid Karzai. He's crazy to claim that he might join the Taliban and that Americans have long-term designs on Afghanistan, retaining military bases there to keep an eye on neighbouring China, Pakistan, Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, etc.) and the North Caucasus (Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia).

What if Karzai has not gone off...