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Democratic elected leader of a reliable ally, saying it doesnt make it so. while some may hold elect the positions, its insaw dental to their power. karzai holds his office not as the choice of the afghan people, but as the result of massively fraudulent election as he himself now concedes. this guy has to somehow put this country together or we cant leave. am i right? >> the strategy -- the strategy is to make sure that not only our troops have everything in resources they need to execute and w...

Karzai. while president obama describes his afghan counterpart as the democratic elected leader of a reliable ally, saying it doesnt make it so. ckarzai heads a government rankd second most corrupt in the world. while some may hold elect the positions, thats incidental to their power which depends on the number of armed men at their disposal or because of the wealth they were able to accumulate. karzai holds his office not as the choice of the afghan people, but as the result of massively fraudu...

I am candy crowley. this is "state of the union." david petraeus assumed command in kabul this morning, and one of the first steps was a visit with afghan president karzai and a call for cooperation. >> i am reminded this is an effort in which we must achieve unity of effort and common purpose, afghan and international, we are part of one team with one mission. this is a tough mission. there is nothing easy about it. >> achieving unity of effort with people on the same side is not as simple as...

President karzai, who is corrupt and fixed the last election. i dont want american forces there forever defending a guy like that. >> joining me now, karzais ambassador in washington. thank you so much for being here. tough words, and i know you hear them here and i know they hear them in afghanistan. i want to talk first about the corruption allegation. something new has come up in the past couple weeks, and that is the allegation that people who are politically connected are kind of getting th...

Yes, there is waste and corruption, but a lot of it has nothing to do with the afghan government. it is the contracting system. >> what is worrisome to congress, to americans, is that its not, oh, theres corruption in the government because governments do have their corruption parts. its that the president is corrupt. that he, you know, was corrupt from the election on, that hes trying to help his friends. thats more difficult because this is the man that we need to have stand up to his country ...