More problems in Afghanistan
Summary:
The Obama Administration’s new strategy of building a “good” government in Afghanistan, which is suppose to persuade the population to support it, is already showing signs of problems.
The vote counting in their recent election seems to be no more honest than the counting that went on in Florida in 00 and 04.
The tally by the U.N.-backed Electoral Complaints Commission, which one official called “stunning,” is due to be finalized Friday. It found that President Karzai’s original total of 54.6% of the vote on August 20 has now been whittled to about 47%, causing an outcome that may make a run off election necessary.
This comes on the heels of Maulavi Mustafa Barakzia, one of only two Afghans on the Electoral Complaints Commission, resigning over what he termed “interference of foreigners.”
When will Obama face reality.? He is supposedly well read on the subject of history. Doesn’t he know that these phony puppet elections never work. Remember the Shah, Diem, and Batista?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/15/AR2009101502449.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/12/hillary-clinton-taliban-al-qaida
