Brian Jones: “Thank you very much. During the Christmas break, I wrote a letter to President Obama expressing outrage over the fact…”

“Thank you very much. During the Christmas break, I wrote a letter to President Obama expressing outrage over the fact that Afghan President Karzai again snubbed our country and our men and women in uniform by signing an oil contract with China. How much more do the American people have to sacrifice with their young men and women? How many more young men and women have to walk the countryside of Afghanistan and have a leg or arm blown off, or killed, so Mr. Karzai can continue to say to Uncle Sam: We don't need you, but you've got to stay here so I can cut all these deals with these foreign countries. In a December 8, 2010, Washington Post article, while meeting with General Petraeus and former Ambassador Eikenberry, President Karzai said: I have three main enemies--the Taliban, the United States, and the international community. Karzai further stated: If I had to choose sides today, I'd choose the Taliban. Yes, young men and women in uniform, thank you for what you're doing; but it's time to bring you home. In a November 14, 2010, interview with the Washington Post, Karzai said that he wanted American troops off the roads and out of Afghan homes and that the long-term presence of so many foreign soldiers would only worsen the war. Very seldom do I say: Thank you, Mr. Karzai, you're exactly right. March 12, 2011, New York Times: ``I request that NATO and American soldiers should stop these operations on our soil. This war is not on our soil.…”