into a narco-state -- not in the villages where most Afghans live. We have traveled many years on. What should have happened early on did n't unfortunately happen, Karzai said. Now, the country is not in the same mood as it was in 2002. And so any addition of troops must have a purposeful objective that the Afghan people would agree with. The Obama administration is conducting several reviews of U.S. policy in Afghanistan, including a review by Gen. David Petraeus, the commander in the region. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said the original mission in Afghanistan was too broad and needs to be more realistic and focused for the United States to succeed. If we set ourselves the objective of creating some sort of central Asian Valhalla over there, we will lose, because nobody in the world has that kind of time, patience and money, Gates said during a recent Senate hearing. He called for concrete goals that can be reached in three to five years. Speaking via satellite from Kabul, Karzai called former President George Bush a great person, but said he can work with Obama -- despite the president's comments as a candidate that Karzai had not gotten out of the bunker to improve security and infrastructure in Afghanistan. President Obama is a great inspiration to the world, he said. The people of America have proven that they can really be the light holders for change and the