Report on Arrakis

So Hamid Karzai is just a little stressed out (?) and Him saying the other Day that he Might Join the Taliban , should be overlooked , and we should understood that He is still a good partner in Fighting the Taliban and Terrorism in general !


Foxnews
The Obama administration is downplaying differences with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, calling him "a reliable partner." In a series of joint appearances on American television, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates talked about Afghanistan, Iran, and the upcoming nuclear summit in Washington.

Both Clinton and Gates say they understand the pressures on Hamid Karzai as a leader of a nation that has been a battleground for decades.

They say the Afghan leader is on track to visit Washington next month, despite his recent complaints about outside interference in his country.

Gates says President Karzai's controversial comments are the words of a man deeply concerned about his nation's sovereignty.

"I think he sees himself as the embodiment of Afghan sovereignty. And so he is sensitive to public statements that he thinks are not aimed not just at him, but at Afghanistan," Gates said.

In an interview aired Sunday on CBS's Face the Nation, Gates stressed the Karzai government is cooperating with U.S. military forces in Afghanistan.

Sitting side-by-side with the defense secretary, Clinton urged people not to over-react to Karzai's controversial statements - most notably his angry reaction to American news reports of official corruption in Afghanistan.

"We know how difficult it is sometimes for foreign leaders, not only in Afghanistan but elsewhere in the world to separate our free press and everything that it says and everything that it claims, from what our government policy is," Clinton said.

Mainly Because like our Government a lot of our Free Press are Clueless also !