Because Afghan President Hamid Karzai just gave a speech defending Kabul Mayor Abdul Ahad Sayebi, who was just sentenced to 4 years in prison at the Afghan anti-corruption conference:

Afghan President Hamid Karzai used a keynote anti-corruption speech on Tuesday to defend the most senior of his officials to be convicted of graft in years, a move that could anger Western backers who demand more accountability.

The president opened a three-day, anti-corruption conference, which had been billed by diplomats as a sign that Karzai took seriously the West’s concern over an issue seen as key to winning popular support against a resurgent Taliban.

That sound you hear is Eric Arthur Blair spinning in his grave at 4200 rpm.

Seriously, we need to get out now, because you can’t win hearts and minds with this corrupt ratf%$#.