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2004-10-09 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Fred 2004-10-09 10:28:44 AM|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11135 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 All 15 of President Hamid Karzai's rivals said they were withdrawing from the election...
Oh, that's not good--that's not going to help the legitimacy of this election. I can't believe that ALL FIFTEEN of his rivals withdrew that easily. That really puts a smear on this otherwise significant--and peaceful--event.

Posted by Dar 2004-10-09 10:38:35 AM|| 2004-10-09 10:38:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Its UN supervised. They put their imprimatur on it, its legit, right? I mean how can the LLL terror sympathizers who want the UN to run the world take exception to that? Stay tuned and find out. Whole lot of shakin and spinnin going on.

Posted by Jack is Back! 2004-10-09 10:53:46 AM|| 2004-10-09 10:53:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 This is probably the lowest violence day the Afghans have seen in the last 1000 years.

Posted by ed 2004-10-09 10:55:56 AM|| 2004-10-09 10:55:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 This is the first election for these people. Having it at all is a success. Having it without violence is a major success. It will take many years for a real political process with parties and competitive candidates to emerge.

Posted by Anonymous5032 2004-10-09 11:16:41 AM|| 2004-10-09 11:16:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Boom Frei!

Posted by Elsa 2004-10-09 11:32:15 AM|| 2004-10-09 11:32:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 The Afghan election must give our doom and gloom leftie Demos, the Hollywood elite, and the MSM serious heartburn. These folks are the hate America crowd--they want America to fail.

Posted by John (Q. Citizen) 2004-10-09 11:54:31 AM|| 2004-10-09 11:54:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 You have the point, JQC. I saw the same thing in the 60s in the Vietnam era in Berkeley. There are people that make things happen, there are people that spout nothing but doom and gloom and depression for all, and there are people that do everything to prevent something good, even flawed as it is, from ever happening. So many of the LLL sit and grandstand, but never contribute to something positive, and therein lies the sickness.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-10-09 1:16:34 PM|| 2004-10-09 1:16:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Yo AP. Agreed.

Posted by John (Q. Citizen) 2004-10-09 1:27:47 PM|| 2004-10-09 1:27:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Al Gore has dispatched a crack team of attorneys to challenge the election results, while claiming that he is now the rightful President of Afghanistan.

Posted by Anonymoose 2004-10-09 1:33:59 PM|| 2004-10-09 1:33:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Yesterday, I was a little gloomy but the Aussie and Afghani elections and Bush's improved debate performance have me in a much better mood today.

This 'boycott' by all 15 opponents on a flimsy pretext reeks of orchestration. Who engineered this? The French? The Paki ISI? The UN? It'll be interesting to find out.

Go Bush! Go Howard! Go Karzai! Go Badgers! Beat Ohio State!

Posted by JDB 2004-10-09 2:47:13 PM|| 2004-10-09 2:47:13 PM|| Front Page Top

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