KABUL, Afghanistan – Defense Secretary Robert Gates has complimented Afghan president Hamid Karzai for taking the high road after being criticized in the deluge of sensitive State Department documents released by WikiLeaks.
Gates says he is grateful for Karzai's muted response and similar reactions from other world leaders. Gates says "the American government will not forget this kind of statesmenlike response."
An American diplomatic memo divulged by WikiLeaks quotes the U.S. ambassador to Kabul describing Karzai as a "paranoid and weak individual." Another memo said that Karzai had freed dangerous detainees and drug dealers from prison because of their connections to influential Afghan figures.
