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US ultimatum to Karzai to clean up corruption in Afghanistan: no US leverage

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 21:30 By GSerrano

Former ambassador Ronald E. Neumann says, “The argument that we could pull out of Afghanistan if Karzai doesn’t do what we say is stupid. We couldn’t get the Pakistanis to fight if we leave Afghanistan; we couldn’t accomplish what we’ve set out to do. And Karzai knows that.”
Fraudulently-elected Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan received an ultimatum [...]

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