I get sick of hearing the mantra that Afghanistan is a better place today!
If it is can people explain then why MSF has pulled out? I have two friends working in Afghanistan right now. Both for NGOs. Both of them are in Kabul. They are not allowed to leave Kabul AT ALL.
They tell me in regular emails that the situation is terrible. In actuallity, Karzai (the former UNOCAL Man--no coincidence there, methinks), doesn't even properly control Kabul.
Here's what the democracy loving former Unocal employee said at a press conference with Donald Rumsfeld:
"With regard to multiple registration of voters, we don’t really know if 1,000 people or 2,000 people or 3,000 people or 100,000 people have two registration cards. And as a matter of fact, it doesn’t bother me. If Afghans have two registration cards because they like to vote twice, well, welcome. This is an exercise, then let them exercise it twice. But it will not have an impact on the election."
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040811-secdef1152.html
The Taliban are on the rise again as has already been said, and women are returning to wearing the Burqa. Widespread electoral fraud is suspected in the recent "elections".
And the heroin trade is up by something like 40-50% again. But I suppose that is because, as Rummy said "freedom is a beautiful thing....stuff happens"......???!!!??!!!!!
Just another farce by the people who brought you "uncle Sam".
Karzia is a puppet of the American dictators. The media in America have been busy hailing the election in Afghanistan as a great success , a triumph for democracy and stability, while the American government has just placed the government of Belarus (white Russia), under a sanctions regime .
Following a vote in the American congress , a bill was passed known as "The Act of Democracy in Belarus". They are complaining about the lack of democracy and the country`s poor human rights record.
So there we have it, more double standards from the Bush regime. Alexander Lukashenko's regime is bad, but Karzia's is "democratic".
Lukashenko orients himself towards the influence of Russia. Hence the difference in attitude. The Americans have plans to bring down Lukashenko's regime and replace it with a more pro American one. This is the same rationale they applied in Georgia recently.
I've just finished reading Seymour Hersh's "Chain of Command". Please, take a suggestion and get yourself a copy: it makes a frightening and eye opening read.
