Karzai's China-Iran dalliance riles Obama

by M K Bhadrakumar from Asia Times Online. The author is an avid observer of The Great Game that ruling elites like to play. Here is an interesting take on the sudden visit of Obama to Afghanistan. 

Clearly, the Americans are furious that Karzai is steadily disengaging from the US's grip and seeking friendship with China and Iran. Pretences of cordiality are withering away even as Washington realizes that the ground beneath its feet is shifting.