Is this anything like, “US enters into direct talks with the Muslim Brotherhood”... about two years before Mubarak found out about it.
If you were Karzai, you’d best be making other arrangements. He has been making other arrangements, because he’s seen this coming.
Obama’s grand stategy is to hand Egypt and Jordan over to the Muslim Brotherhood, Honduras over to Chavez proxies, and Afghanistan over to the Taliban. And proclaim victory.
You forgot to mention Israel.