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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Drifting in Afghanistan

(NYTimes) Hamid Karzai, hugely unpopular, yet expected to win reelection handily.

2 Comments:

  • Hamid Karzai, hugely unpopular, yet expected to win reelection handily.
    I guess election fraud is acceptable when it's our puppet who comes out on top.

    By Blogger Lew Scannon, at 2:41 PM  

  • I don't know if what he's doing is technically "fraud" as we think about it.

    What he's done is eliminate or coopt the opposition into supporting him.

    Huge amounts of graft have been promised out.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 4:06 PM  

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