January 26, 2008 (LPAC) - Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has taken another step against the British colonization of his country, by rejecting British Lord Paddy Ashdown as the UN "super-envoy" to Afghanistan, pointing to Ashdown's demand for imperial power over the nation. Attending the economic summit in Davos, Karzai met Condi Rice, Conservative Party leader David Cameron, Gordon Brown, and Ban Ki-Moon, telling them all that he would not accept Ashdown.

This follows two other recent actions against the Brits: Karzai yesterday infuriated the British government by blaming the British Army for the virtual takeover of Helmand Province by the Taliban. He particularly denounced the British replacement of the Governor of the Province, accused by the Brits of being a warlord, but who had kept the Taliban in check, according to President Karzai. This follows his expulsion of two MI6 agents in December who were negotiating collaboration with the elements of the Taliban behind Karzai's back.

Lord Paddy Ashdown, who headed the Liberal Democratic Party in England in the 1990s, also served as UN High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002-2006, where he infamously prevented reconstruction in the devastated region by restricting credit to free-market, private sector interests, earning the popular title "Viceroy of Bosnia." When it was reported on Jan. 17 that he would be appointed UN Special Envoy to Afghanistan, to coordinate Western reconstruction and aid, the official announcement was delayed while Paddy demanded more power.