Former Unocal exec and first president of Afghanistan Hamid Kharzai visited Pres. Bush today in DC. Karzai towed the party line about prisoner abuse and even softened the degree of outrage he had towards the Qu'ran-toilet issue. Karzai sounded a lot bolder before he left Afghanistan than he did at today's presser with Dubya. And Bush didn't do anything to make him feel any safer or more in charge back in Kabul.
At the presser with Karzai one reporter asked Dubya about the filibuster-Nuclear clash and Bush went through the whole Up-or-Down Vote talking point line or two and how it's all he asks, they're entitled. Whatever. There will be no compromise coming from him that is certain. 95% is way too little when you are that arrogant.
Should be interesting to watch how life plays out for Hamid Karzai since the current administration expects nothing less than obedience from him. Karzai really can't ever hope to be much more than a US satelite state where the peace in Afghanistan is balanced with our need to keep bases and lots of weaponry there. Anyway...
24 ends tonight. Can't say I'm upset about it. It flaunted with that whole leaping over the cartilaginious fish phenomena--Can you tell I refuse to use that phrase?--when Jack staged the convenience store robbery. I think it still had some great moments after that, like the 12 minutes when Jack stormed the hideout and foiled the webcast execution. That was amazing. But then it has really sucked out loud since the F117 shoot down--they blew that on a lot of levels. I'll get into it some other time...I am looking forward to how it ends tonight. I get this feeling there will be some war or major issue created with China--my guess is Jack gets taken as a prisoner of state to China. They will demand it I gotta figure because of the incident when they stole that dude. I suck with names on that show. Peace.
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