Karzai's View of the United State's Approach to the War in Afghanistan

Karzai has recently demanded that NATO troops pull out of Afghan villages, stay on large bases, and hand over control of Afghan security in 2013 rather than 2014. In addition, he has been very vocal on ISAF discontinuing night raids, handing over control of the prisons and detention facilities, and closing down private security firms in favor of the Afghan Public Protection Program. Many observers feel that Karzai is out to lunch, crazy, and biting the hand that feeds him. Others would call him corrupt, ineffective, and erratic. One columnist attempts to explain Karzai's behavior. See "Why Karzai is fed up with the U.S. mission in Afghanistan", by Joshua Partlow in The Washington Post, March 16, 2012.