Afghan President Karzai Grateful to U.S. for 'Little Help'

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Source: ABC News

Karzai Tells Diane Sawyer Income, Education and Health Has Improved in His Tenure

KABUL, Afghanistan June 12, 2010—

Afghan President Hamid Karzai disputed President Obama's claim that Afghanistan once had a "blank check" from the U.S., but said he is grateful for the "little help" that has been sent to his war battered country.

Karzai staunchly defended his eight-year administration today in an exclusive interview with ABC's "World News" anchor Diane Sawyer.

Sawyer asked Karzai how he felt when he heard Obama criticize his government and tell Americans that the Afghan government will no longer have a "blank check" for U.S. assistance.

"Blank checks we never had, actually. We really never had a blank check," the Afghan president told Sawyer.

He complained that only 20 percent of developmental donations are funneled through the Afghan government, with the rest spent by the donors themselves.

"So we never had a blank check," Karzai said. "But we're grateful even for the little money that's come to Afghanistan, even for the little help that's come to Afghanistan."

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[ShortnFiery]

1. ...

That's correct, our little puppet is grateful. Ain't he cute? :puke:

[Andy823]

2. The guy is a joke!

He is corrupt is as corrupt as they come! He has been working both sides of this war for his own profits, and putting crooks like him into political office, like his drug dealing brother who was working with the CIA, turning in his competition, and getting a free pass to do so whatever he wanted without fear of being arrested!

As long as the U.S. works with corrupt governments we will never be able to get out of the mess that Bush and his clowns got us into!

[ixion]

3. "little help," like, you know, totally occupying the country and keeping his sorry butt in power

:eyes:

:puke:

[Hubert Flottz]

4. How many dead Americans?

I guess they don't count either.

[mbperrin]

5. 943 for this sorry ass excuse for a country.

And $16 billion a month in direct expense; forget rehabbing the injured, overhead to replace equipment and so on.

[Hubert Flottz]

7. But we can't afford to fix anything in our own country or to

take care of the sick and dying. I say we pull out of that shit hole yesterday.

[mbperrin]

8. Second the motion!

All those in favor?

[Crowman1979]

6. The Bush crime family gets a drug money high with a little help from their friend Karzai.

Yeah, I made a vague reference to a Beatles song. So sue me! :P