The award for most pathetic puppet goes to:

He is called crazy, clueless, corrupt, ineffective, erratic, and unreliable and yet he is fine with all the insults: "Mr. Karzai also said, referring to criticism from his own ministers as reported in the cables, that people might say things casually in private that did not reflect their more considered views. His response was a relief to American officials, who embraced him in 2001 as a promising leader but had been alternately exasperated and infuriated over the ensuing years by what they considered his erratic behavior."