nes ant NATO durtuvų pagalba valdžą gavusi marionetė viso pasaulio numylėtinis Afganistano vadovas Karzajus dėl savo paranojos tampa nebetinkamas vadovauti šaliai:
If Hamid Karzai is divorced from reality, it’s hardly surprising. The last time I went to see him in the presidential palace in August, I had to pass through seven layers of security. By the end, I had been stripped of all belongings including a pen, the chocolates I had brought as a present and even my lipstick, all of which could apparently have been used as deadly weapons.
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But even inside these seven rings of security, Karzai is flanked by 10 gunmen and monitored by snipers just to walk the 100 yards between his office and home. A keen walker, his exercise is now confined to pacing around his small walled garden with its two baby deer. All his food first goes through a team of personal tasters. In other words, this is a man who is totally cut off and increasingly paranoid.
O The Sunday Times reportažas pateikia dar baisesnį nuosprendį (rusiškas vertimas, nes anglai nori pinigėlių už prisijungimą):
«Душевная болезнь, лекарственная зависимость, пристрастие к гашишу»
