mr. holbrooke did, ambassador eikenberry did, vice president biden did, all publicly criticize karzai, our congress started doing it. what do you do? you defend yourself. that's what cakarzai's doing. so he starts saying things back. and it's tit for tat, this for that. and what have we accomplished? what's happened to private diplomacy? if you've got a problem with somebody, go in and talk to him about it. but you don't go out in front of his country and criticize him publicly. and i think we have mishandled the karzai government. he is the elected leader of that country. does the country behave like we do? no. is he perfect? no. but is he the person that was selected by those people? yes. does he do a pretty good job? i think so. is it a tough job? i mean, he came to me once and said, look, i've got a warlord that won't do what i want, and i want to be able to tell him that u.s. military power is going to support me if he doesn't do what i want. i said no way. i'm not going to have you throwing around u.s. military power. that's up to the american people. i went back to the national secu

holbrook for the last time before he's released from holman. >> hey. mr.re you doing today? good to see you. >> i wrote my aunt. she wrote back and said i had a place so i'm going to stay with her. >> that's a for sure thing? >> yeah, that's a for sure thing. you can call her. i told you last time i would probably go to the halfway house but i ain't going to no halfway house. it's one thing to be able to go somewhere and be comfortable where you're at and another thing to be forced to be somewhere you don't want to go. when i get out of prison, i want to be free. i don't want to have to abide by some more rules that are institutionalized, you know. >> well, keep in mind that your aunt will have expectations, also. >> right. i know, she -- >> she has chores to be done around the house. >> that's one of the main reasons why i'm going. she's -- she's not a midget but she's a small person. and she has problems getting around the house and doing stuff and running errands. she lives by herself. >> halfway house would be better for him, but like he said, he's not