Hardball   |  March 11, 2013

Matthews: We don’t pick other countries’ leaders, but we do get to pick our allies

Chris Matthews shares his reaction to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s latest assertion that Americans are acting as “suicide bombers” in Afghanistan to justify staying in the country longer.

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>>> let me finish tonight with this. think right now the american soldier on post right now somewhere in the wildness of afghanistan , he faces somewhere beyond his binoculars, a hostile force, enemies watch all around them. it's a brutal life far from their own country, then today comes the word from our ally in kabul, president karzai himself that the united states is getting people, our people to be suicide bombers or someone to do it, killing americans in order to justify our staying in afghanistan still longer. imagine fighting for this guy. imagine being an american soldier in harm's way, worrying that the head of the government you're risking your life to defend is head of a truther, in order to justify occupying some place like afghanistan . i know we don't get to pick foreign leaders, but we do get to pick our allies. betting on this character makes an enormous faith in nationalism, even the karzai brand. that's