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In Defense of Hamid Karzai

Redeeming our faltering ally.

April 15, 2010

Reliable? He’s less than most. It’s hard to find an ally lesser. Corrupt? Oh, yes, the man’s that, too. But, hey, is he a snazzy dresser!

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”

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