Volumes have been written by people more knowledgeable than I on why we should get out of Afghanistan a.s.a.p.—in fact, should stop warring in the Middle East for any reason—oil or nation-building—whatever.  The real reason we don’t get out,most likely,is that getting out involves eating crow—admitting defeat, saying we made a mistake.  Such honest humility is difficult for a powerful, self-centered nation with delusions of grandeur to admit.

We in the US love fixed elections. Let’s see another! It makes for good reality TV.

Hold another election?  And if Karzai emerges the winner has nothing to do with anything of import. For years, Karzai, relatives and friends and hangers-on have been syphoning off zillions of American dollars meant to rebuild Afghanistan - a fact which seems to have escaped our government?

This seemingly cozy little scam perpetrated by and profitted from by the power elite in America will yet again remain under the rug.  The subterfuge is truly brilliant.

Great, maybe Afghanistan can be rid of Karzai.

The run-off election will be as crooked as the general election.  Karzai will win in a landslide.  Obama will claim everything is hunky-dory.

It is beating a dead horse by trying to stop the U.S. from being a military empire.
War profiteers have a good deal and they will never surrender to those that want
to bring our boys back home. The total cost of defending America against
imaginary enemies at home and abroad is over a trillion dollars annually. Any
deep cuts in that budget would cause massive unemployment and riots in the
streets. It is best for “Peaceniks” to find some other interest than to keep on
beating a dead horse.

“Winning” in Afghanistan is apparently worth the gamble. The worst outcome for Obama of the snap elections is a win of Karzai who will then become even more intransigent. This is deadly Kabuki theater.