The US is aghast: Hamid Karzai is insisting that the US not interfere in the Afghan elections. Who does he think he is? It is a US right to interfere in any election, damn it

"whether American forces would stop raids on Afghan homes, help promote peace talks and not interfere in the election.  Western diplomats saw that as effectively reopening talks on the security agreement, despite Mr. Karzai’s public agreement to its terms on Wednesday.  “He’s negotiating in public,” one diplomat said."