President Hamid Karzai has finally revealed for all the world to see his true colours: not as a thoughtful and reform-minded democrat but as an autocrat intent on holding on to power at any cost.
There has been so much fraud in the Afghanistan presidential election that it puts former Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis to shame. Duplessis was a rank amateur next to Karzai's people...
No wonder President Obama is in no hurry to send American reinforcements to Afghanistan. The Afghan president's contempt for the principles of democracy is more than self-evident. That man needs to leave the political scene and he needs to do it now. I'm tired of holding up the corrupt while fighting the wicked.
Is this really worth shedding Canadian blood for? Again, I say no way. If Karzai hangs on (whether or not he blocks a runoff), we should withdraw in 2011 and play absolutely no military or civilian role from that point on.
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