America is performing its familiar role of propping up a dictator
As in Vietnam, Karzai is going to rule over an equally tiny island of corruption
it's part of a dreary pattern. US forces were participating in a civil war in Vietnam while claiming they were supporting democracy and the sovereignty of the country. In Lebanon in 1982, they claimed to be supporting the "democratically" elected President Amin Gemayel and took the Christian Maronite side in the civil war. And now, after Disneyworld elections, they are on the Karzai-government side against the Pashtun villagers of southern Afghanistan ... Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
