World-News

By Eric Margolis

An election held under the guns of a foreign occupation army cannot be called legitimate or democratic.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23352.htm

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Fragments of the Afghan state

The American Prospect
by Matthew Yglesias

08/23/09

Today, Afghans head to the polls fearing attack from Taliban forces who’ve labeled the process a ‘program of the crusaders.’ Most likely, Taliban efforts to derail the voting will fail, and incumbent President Hamid Karzai will stay in office. A smooth election, if it happens, should provide a morale boost for an Obama administration that’s lately been struggling with grim assessments of Afghanistan’s political situation. But even given a best-case scenario, no election result should distract from the United States’ desperate need to frame realistic objectives in Afghanistan...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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