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 Karzai’s Cabinet Woes ContinuePosted on Jan 16, 2010
It looks as if Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s Cabinet strategy is still in desperate need of repair. The majority of his nominees have once again been rejected by the parliament, casting doubt on his ability to lead in the country’s fractious political environment. And let us not forget that Karzai holds power through an election debacle—e.g., fraud—and that his opponent in the 2009 runoff withdrew because he did not think the contest could be fair under the existing corrupt system. —JCL
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By ardee, January 17, 2010 at 5:04 am Link to this comment
Rather than dwell upon the grammar lesson I would delve into the substance. I find a deal of irony in the fact that the Afghani government seems in revolt and expresses its displeasure at a leader who seems to have stolen an election and has more than a hint of the corrupt about him.
Contrast that with our own situation in which our own leader has lied his way into office
( harsh? really?) with a series of campaign promises now long forgotten, while our Congress consists of a minority in a perpetual temper tantrum and a majority running in circles accomplishing next to nothing.
Are we really the newest third world nation?
Report thisBy yours truly, January 17, 2010 at 2:01 am Link to this comment
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So we have a puppet parliament rejecting a puppet president’s appointments to a puppet cabinet. In the next act the CIA will whisk President Hamid Karzai away to the Central African Republic as per its kidnapping of Haiti’s President Bertrand-Jean Aristide five years ago. And just think, our President could end these perpetual wars any time he wanted merely by pulling the troops out now plus calling for justice for the Palestinian people, but, alas, he never will because without perpetual wars, how’s he going to scare us into giving up our civil liberties, our privacy, our public education, any chance for universal health care, not to mention the American dream?
Report thisBy FRTothus, January 16, 2010 at 5:07 pm Link to this comment
Who is JCL and does he have an editor?
“Also, let us not forget the fact that Karzai holds power through an election debacle—e.g., fraud—and that his opponent in the 2009 runoff election withdraw from the race because he did not think the contest could be fair under the existing corrupt system.”
The letters “e.g.” mean “for example”, not “that is” which is called for (that’s “i.e”, by the way). “Withdraw”? Shouldn’t it’ve been the past-tense “withdrew”?
Not only is the editing sloppy, but the presumptions stated here as established fact, along with a rather large helping of the view from the imperial colonialist perspective, makes this “report” read more like an editorial. From the imperial perspective, any puppet state that is not enthusiastic about its own exploitation, and any puppet quisling government that cannot crush dissent within its own ranks, risks the displeasure of the master. The US, it appears, may have backed the wrong thug.
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