Diriger l'Afghanistan dans une période aussi tendue exige des talents d'équilibriste. Hamid Kazai entame la dernière année de son règne et il fait le pari de préserver son héritage politique en défiant les États-Unis. Un pari risqué? Oui.
"Seeking a nobler ending than his predecessors after his long tenure in the palace, Mr. Karzai is taking a gamble: intensifying his vilification of his American allies at a critical moment in their Afghan endgame, risking their support for him in order to save himself politically.
Even as his government is negotiating the terms for a lasting American military presence, in just the past two weeks he has ordered Special Operations forces out of a critical province, railed against C.I.A. plots, rejected American terms for handing over detainees and, most recently, even equated the United States and the Taliban as complementary forces working to undermine the government.
Interviews with tribal elders, business leaders, political analysts and diplomats here paint an image of a leader who is desperately trying to shake his widely held image as an American lackey by appealing to nationalist sentiments and invoking Afghanistan’s sovereignty.
Many, however, believe that Mr. Karzai may not fully appreciate the risks he is taking in betting that the United States will commit billions of dollars in military and economic support for years to come despite growing differences with him, the budgetary and economic challenges at home and battle fatigue after a long war."
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/world/asia/karzais-bet-vilifying-us.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130313&_r=0
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