THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS HAD THIS STORY AND LINK AND QUOTE YESTERDAY. WITH MORE LINKS AND MORE COMMENTARY.Visiting last week to rally support for the offensive, the president was instead overwhelmed by a barrage of complaints about corruption and misrule. As he was heckled at a shura of 1,500 tribal leaders and elders, he appeared to offer them a veto over military action. “Are you happy or unhappy for the operation to be carried out?” he asked.
The elders shouted back: “We are not happy.”
“Then until the time you say you are happy, the operation will not happen,” Karzai replied.
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