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2010-12-16 Afghanistan

Afghans Full Control Roots Out Graft: Karzai

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Posted by Fred 2010-12-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 When we leave, let's leave with all his money.

Posted by Jeremiah Flainter9609 2010-12-16 03:55|| 2010-12-16 03:55|| Front Page Top

#2 President KArzai's relatives have certainly done well for themselves since he took office, but I don't recall reading anything that indicated he, personally, has profitted in any way, Jeremiah Flainter9609. The fact that he hasn't walked out on a job where he puts up with near-daily insults from the Americans who asked him to take on the job, the foreigners who are keeping him in power -- not that he really has any power beyond his secretary and his driver -- and the locals who expect him to deliver the impossible... in a country where the capitol has never had power far beyond the boundaries or the city itself. The rest of the country has always been ruled by tribal warlords.

As for the president's statement in the article above, while I agree that graft will not end so long as foreigners pour money into Afghanistan, the nature of the society is so corrupt that graft is highly unlikely to end afterward, either.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-12-16 18:05|| 2010-12-16 18:05|| Front Page Top

#3 until Afghans do not fully control Afghanistan, graft will not be eradicated

You mean like there is no graft in Pakistan because it is sovereign?

If you say so.

Posted by gorb 2010-12-16 23:24|| 2010-12-16 23:24|| Front Page Top

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