On the recordFebruary 15, 2011
I would say if I thought Karzai was an honest man that would appreciate the American taxpayers' money, I would feel differently, quite frankly. But I realize it is a corrupt government. I wish that what you say was so. And I trust you. I have great respect for you as well, but we are dealing with a dishonest, dysfunctional government. When Karzai was quoted in The Washington Post in December saying, ``I have three enemies, one being America, one being the Taliban, one being the international community, and if I had to choose one of these as a friend, I would choose the Taliban,'' this is why I wanted to speak tonight, to bring this forward and let the Members vote this up or down. That is fine with me. The point is this is money we could be using right here in this country. If I thought Karzai was an honest broker, I would probably not even offer the amendment.
