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Thinking about that, I'm not sure which is more disturbing.

That Karzai and gang are really deeply corrupt, and have managed to plunge their own country into crisis.

Or, the DoD was aware of this, has been facilitating it, and has now decided to use it because Karzai went off the reservation.

There are no heroes here.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Sat Sep 4th, 2010 at 05:18:46 PM EST
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Well, Karzai being the puppet, I wouldn't characterise anything his group did as plunge their own country into crisis. Their country was in deep crisis before them, and other, more powerful actors did everything to keep it in crisis while Karzau & co were on the table; crashing a bank, even if it breaks their skeleton of a state apparatus, pales in comparison.

But there are no heroes here indeed.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Sat Sep 4th, 2010 at 07:18:55 PM EST
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