The declaration of victory caps weeks of farce and failure, especially for the UN. To send more troops now would be a waste
Peter Galbraith, The Guardian/UK, Nov 3, 2009
Afghanistan’s presidential election is over, and it was a fiasco. The decision by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to cancel the second round and declare the incumbent, Hamid Karzai, the victor concludes a process that undermined Afghanistan‘s nascent democracy. In the US and Europe, the fraud-tainted elections halted the momentum for President Obama’s new Afghanistan strategy and undercut support for sending more troops.
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Karzai was hellbent on victory. Afghans will pay the price
The declaration of victory caps weeks of farce and failure, especially for the UN. To send more troops now would be a waste
Peter Galbraith, The Guardian/UK, Nov 3, 2009
Afghanistan’s presidential election is over, and it was a fiasco. The decision by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to cancel the second round and declare the incumbent, Hamid Karzai, the victor concludes a process that undermined Afghanistan‘s nascent democracy. In the US and Europe, the fraud-tainted elections halted the momentum for President Obama’s new Afghanistan strategy and undercut support for sending more troops.
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