Saturday, April 03, 2010

Oh, I dunno. Sounds like Pres. Karzai is embracing Western values just fine.

Western politicians' values, at least:

A day after he delivered a scorching attack on the West for its conduct in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai telephoned Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday to express surprise that his comments had caused such a stir, administration officials said.

Mr. Karzai, the officials said, told Mrs. Clinton that he had not meant to criticize the United States but rather Western news coverage of Afghanistan. In a speech on Thursday, Mr. Karzai accused the news media …

Non-apology apology? Check. Blaming it all on Teh Media? Check. Seems like the only thing he has left to learn is the past exonerative.

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