We did it! We Americans brought democracy to Afghanistan and we deserve a genuine pat on the back! After all, the Afghans have just had their successful presidential election which has resulted in a dicey agreement between the two leading candidates to share power for the next five years after a vote count marred by staggering corruption and ballot stuffing whose audit was also dicey and whose final totals may never be released to the public. In other words, we not only brought democracy to Afghanistan, but we pushed it in productive new directions. Congrats George W and the rest of you! Yer champs! Tom The two candidates in Afghanistan’s contested election agreed on the long-awaited formation of a unity government on Sunday, setting the stage for President Hamid Karzai’s departure from office as well as a security agreement allowing American troops to remain in the country after this year. After a tumultuous, year-long election designed to mark Afghanistan’s first peaceful transfer of power between elected governments, former finance minister Ashraf Ghani and former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah joined Karzai in announcing the deal. Ghani and Abdullah will share power for the next five years, with Ghani serving as president and Abdullah as a chief executive officer... “This is whole agreement and process is out of Afghan law and unconstitutional, said Mohammad Ali Elizadah, a member of the parliament from Ghazni in central Afghanistan. This political agreement is a temporary solution and I don’t think we will have an efficient and effective government. Still, the White House hailed the agreement, saying it will bring closure to Afghanistan’s political crisis, and restores confidence in the way forward. “In the days to come, Afghanistan has an enormous opportunity to grow stronger from this recent moment of testing, Kerry said in a separate statement. washingtonpost/world/ghani-abdullah-agree-to-share-power-in-afghanistan-as-election-stalemate-ends/2014/09/21/df58749a-416e-11e4-9a15-137aa0153527_story.html?hpid=z3
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 15:00:01 +0000
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