Karzai Set to Address Joint Session Next Week

[NewJerseyDem]

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/49_135/news/5833-1.html (subscription required)

During his visit to Washington next week, Afghan President Hamid Karzai will join a select group of foreign leaders granted the privilege of addressing a joint meeting of Congress.

Karzai is the latest in a string of U.S. allies who have been so honored, including several who strongly supported President Bush’s decision to invade Iraq in March 2003. British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar, both of whom backed the Iraq campaign, have each addressed a joint meeting of Congress since the war began.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard, another supporter of the Iraq invasion, addressed a joint meeting in June 2002.

Karzai’s address to Congress is scheduled for Tuesday, June 15, although the events surrounding the memorial for former President Ronald Reagan have caused some confusion about next week’s timetable. An official at the Afghan Embassy in Washington confirmed that Karzai is slated to make his address on Tuesday.

[LittleApple81]

1. Do you think that his appearance will be as entertaining as a performance

of the show "Penis puppetry?" If it were, I would be much happier. It would allow me to marvel at the performance and laugh without bitterness. He is a puppet, after all.

See this thread in DU:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x611081

[Gloria]

2. I just read tonight that Karzai has accepted the "aid" of a couple

of tribal warlords, to assist him in winning the Afghanistan election scheduled for September (I think it's September).

That should be interesting....

[thebigidea]

3. Ben Kingsley in a role that may surprise you - he'll win a Cable Ace award

[pfitz59]

4. Karzai puppet speaks.....

"Where's my carpet of gold?"