Why die for Karzai? - Does U.S. support for the Afghan president really make sense?- latimes

Has it occurred to anyone in the White House national security circles or the pundit class that these recent American deaths were wasteful and immoral? That sending Americans to die for an unpopular regime of warlords, landlords, drug dealers and CIA assets (Karzai's brother) is impossible to justify? - Why die for Karzai? -- latimes.com

U.N. official admonishes Karzai to enact reforms -- latimes.com