Behind a seemingly never-ending game of brinkmanship with the United States over a bilateral security agreement, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has a simple goal, according to U.S. military officials: Ensure that billions of dollars in aid from Washington continues to flow to feed the cycle of corruption that keeps him in power.
“It’s all about the money,” said one senior U.S. official, who like the others spoke with NBC News on condition of anonymity.
[FONT=proxima_nova_rgregular]The poker game over an estimated $4 billion to $6 billion a year in U.S. and NATO aid that would be expected to continue to flow into the country if a new agreement is signed is playing out on the stage of international diplomacy, but U.S. officials say financial considerations are driving Karzai’s negotiating tactics. Those considerations reportedly include bags of cash he collects from the CIA.
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I guess you missed the part where Karzai has to be elected to stay in power. But alas, based on the stupidity that erupts from your keyboard on this topic, you are quite clueless.