The president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has been for some time the U.S. puppet ruler in that country. He was “placed” in power by U.S. design after the so-called fall of the Taliban. A requirement for any U.S. puppet ruler is to tow the U.S. line, and to always know one’s place. It seems Karzai is attempting to change the rules.
Karzai’s latest charge is that the U.S. is backing terrorist attacks by “insurgents” meant to undermine his government. That should come as no surprise to Karzai given that he has charged the U.S. government and its agents of force with dozens of planned terrorist attacks over the past few years. He even said recently that he has suspicions that the U.S. was behind the terrorist attack of a Lebanese restaurant frequented by foreigners in Kabul this month.
These allegations by Karzai will not garner him any favors from his once U.S. puppet master. In fact, these statements could cause a sudden change in his political or bodily status. I imagine my meaning is clear. He has admitted to receiving cash from the CIA on a regular basis. The U.S. and its allies have also dumped billions of dollars into Afghanistan; money controlled in great part by Karzai. These payments are meant to keep him under control, but his patience must be growing thin, especially since he has probably stashed plenty of U.S. and NATO cash for his retirement.
But his public announcements concerning his suspicions, suspicions that most likely are true, could put him in harm’s way. Just consider the fate of those U.S. allies and puppets in the past like bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi, Sadat and Mubarak of Egypt, Assad and others. Karzai is standing on shaky ground.
Karzai has been holding up negotiations for a bilateral security agreement between the U.S. and Afghanistan that would allow for a longer U.S. occupation and troops on the ground. In fact Karzai has refused to sign any agreement so far. “NATO combat troops are due to withdraw by December and without a legal agreement, the United States and NATO would have to drop the idea of a post-2014 force.” That is not the desire of the U.S. military industrial complex.
Should Karzai get solid evidence that the U.S. is behind attacks blamed on so-called insurgents, the U.S. government and its agents could be greatly harmed. He should know this, and he should also know that he may be the next U.S. target for regime change by one method or another.