# Karzais brother wants the US to guarantee Afghan bank deposits

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 2, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karzais-brother-wants-the-us-to-guarantee-afghan-bank-deposits/552416 "2010-09-02T19:18:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karzais-brother-wants-the-us-to-guarantee-afghan-bank-deposits/552416/1 "2010-09-02T19:18:03Z")

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[Kabul Bank Bailout? Mahmoud Karzai, President's Brother, Calls For U.S. To Shore Up Bank | HuffPost The World Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/02/kabul-bank-bailout-mahmou_n_703682.html) What a great idea. How can we refuse such a deal. The Karzai family is looting their brains out and are living like kings. Let them back the deposits. But Karzai thinks it would help stabilize the banks and we should want to do it.

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**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karzais-brother-wants-the-us-to-guarantee-afghan-bank-deposits/552416/2 "2010-09-02T21:12:53Z")

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We could probably do it for less money than it costs for a couple missions to blow things up, and it could create a ton of positive effects. I’d give the idea more than a passing snort of derision. The reality is we broke the country in lots of interesting ways, and building roads and schools and then passing them off to broke admins and peasants is no way to build a lasting peace in the country. Similar to the buying of the heroin crop, this is political suicide, but could actually be a damn good idea.

Enjoy,  
Steven

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**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karzais-brother-wants-the-us-to-guarantee-afghan-bank-deposits/552416/3 "2010-09-02T21:19:32Z")

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> [@gonzomax](#):
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> Karzais brother wants the US to guarantee Pakistani bank deposits

For values of Pakistan that include Afghanistan.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karzais-brother-wants-the-us-to-guarantee-afghan-bank-deposits/552416/4 "2010-09-02T21:27:07Z")

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My mistake it is Afghanistan.  
Could a moderator change the title to reflect that?