Things to Wonder About

November 18th, 2009 by TRex @ 9:57 pm| Posted in middle east |

What’s up with this shizz?

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday — the eve of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s inauguration for a second term — that now is a “critical moment” for Afghanistan, because Karzai has a “clear window” to demonstrate what kind of government he will lead.

Speaking to staff members at the U.S. Embassy, Clinton said there is a careful and thoughtful review of U.S. policy going on “because we know this is a turning point.”

“We want to be a strong partner to people of Afghanistan,” she said, “and to the government.”

Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t we pretty firmly establish that Karzai stole the election?

The shaky footage shows two election monitors inspecting a book of 100 ballot papers that are still stitched together, as they were intended to arrive at the polling station in rural Afghanistan. But something is wrong; instead of being pristine, ready for the voter to make his or her mark, each paper bears a large blue tick next to the name of one candidate: Hamid Karzai.

As the monitors flick through the pad, the back of the ballots clearly show the authorisation stamp of election monitors, validating them as votes ready to be put in the ballot box and counted.

So…what?  That’s fine?  The other guy dropped out and now everything is hunky-dory in Afghanistan, hooray?  Spreading Freedumb™ by supporting democratically elected governments in the middle east becomes a whole lot easier when they don’t actually have to be democratically elected, I guess.

Just remember, we have always been at war with Eastasia.