I agree with you, covering their a$$es because they know they are out of their league and when the sh!t hits the fan, they can say that Karzai was Taliban all along and GW Bush put him in power and supported a corrupt leader.
I would question the Obama administration if they told me the sky was blue!
There ya go! Same as O'bumble touting drilling for domestic oil: they can say "no more war for oil." You know, like Bush and Cheney did....