Richard Holbrooke again, in Kabul and worried about election fraud undertaken by President Karzai and his supporters (and of course, some others who have no chance of winning).
“Explosive” talks were held, with many denials and much shouting all round. The Idiot may have walked out, but like everything else over there that’s in denial!
Does it really matter who wins this election? Without the NATO troops, Karzai’s or anyone else’s government wouldn’t last 5 minutes.
The Afghan and related warlord armies have been fighting for more than 30 years, first against the Russkies, lately against the Taliban, yet we can’t get ‘em trained to take over militarily for at least another 3-5, despite saying we could only 3-5 ago.
Gorilla concludes: “Whatever the point was in Afghanistan, we’ve sharpened it down to the quick, and a quick getaway is what we’ll get!”
Tags: Afghanistan, Hamad Karzai, Richard Holbrooke