Meet the new boss... Joining the Taliban is "on the table" for Karzai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened over the weekend to quit the political process and join the Taliban if he continued to come under outside pressure to reform, several members of parliament said Monday.

Karzai made the unusual statement at a closed-door meeting Saturday with selected lawmakers — just days after kicking up a diplomatic controversy with remarks alleging foreigners were behind fraud in last year's disputed elections.

Lawmakers dismissed the latest comment as hyperbole, but it will add to the impression the president — who relies on tens of thousands of U.S. and NATO forces to fight the insurgency and prop up his government — is growing increasingly erratic and unable to exert authority without attacking his foreign backers.

"He said that 'if I come under foreign pressure, I might join the Taliban'," said Farooq Marenai, who represents the eastern province of Nangarhar.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100405/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan

Should have known something was up back when he was the only candidate on the ballot.

He also mentioned that Afghanistan is increasingly seeing the US/NATO as invaders and are growing a resistance movement. This is going to get interesting.

all the lives of our military and their civilians, all the moneys expended and promised, all the grief and hubris are ashes. They mean nothing. No significance, no meaning, just another Greek tragedy in modern times.

On the other hand, maybe all Karzai wants is more money. You never know.

The gods are laughing at us. Laughing hard.