Comments on: Galbraith: ‘Abdullah Did the Right Thing’ in a ‘Total Fiasco’ http://washingtonindependent.com/66037/galbraith-abdullah-did-the-right-thing-in-a-total-fiasco National News in Context Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:30:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Signals and Noise in Intelligence « G. Murphy Donovan's Blog http://washingtonindependent.com/66037/galbraith-abdullah-did-the-right-thing-in-a-total-fiasco/comment-page-1#comment-195033 Signals and Noise in Intelligence « G. Murphy Donovan's Blog Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:37:21 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=66037#comment-195033 [...] Speaking truth to power is dangerous; and those who raise too many problems often become the problem. Inertia is often the most persuasive argument in the [...] [...] Speaking truth to power is dangerous; and those who raise too many problems often become the problem. Inertia is often the most persuasive argument in the [...]

]]> By: Karzai’s “Win” | Xenia Institute http://washingtonindependent.com/66037/galbraith-abdullah-did-the-right-thing-in-a-total-fiasco/comment-page-1#comment-101767 Karzai’s “Win” | Xenia Institute Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:06:36 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=66037#comment-101767 [...] Afghan UN Official Peter Galbraith @The Washington Independent |  The run off was certain to be more fraudulent than the Aug 20 vote with more ghost poling centers and the same corrupt officials in charge. We are now stuck with the same corrupt and inefficient [incumbent President Hamid] Karzai that we had for the last seven years but now he is also rightly seen as illegitimate by a large segment of the Afghan population and by public opinion in the troop contributing countries. No amount of spin can obscure the fact that we spent upwards of $200 miilion on an election that has been a total fiasco. [...] [...] Afghan UN Official Peter Galbraith @The Washington Independent |  The run off was certain to be more fraudulent than the Aug 20 vote with more ghost poling centers and the same corrupt officials in charge. We are now stuck with the same corrupt and inefficient [incumbent President Hamid] Karzai that we had for the last seven years but now he is also rightly seen as illegitimate by a large segment of the Afghan population and by public opinion in the troop contributing countries. No amount of spin can obscure the fact that we spent upwards of $200 miilion on an election that has been a total fiasco. [...]

]]> By: petemuldoon http://washingtonindependent.com/66037/galbraith-abdullah-did-the-right-thing-in-a-total-fiasco/comment-page-1#comment-135992 petemuldoon Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:03:07 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=66037#comment-135992 Afghanistan is not ready for democracy. They are not even close. You can't just throw up some polling stations and ballots and claim that you have a functioning, democratic government. <br><br>Think about what happened here. There was an election of sorts, which everyone knew was going to be fraudulent. It was found to be fraudulent, and so everyone decided that there should be another one. And then it was apparent that that one would be fraudulent too, and that a whole lot of innocent people were going to die. So everyone convinced one of the candidates to quit, and declared the election off, and decided that the guy who stole the first election gets to keep being president. And then they all stand around and talk about how great it is that there is democracy in Afghanistan.<br><br>This is what we're fighting for? What a joke.<br><br>Sure, Afghanistan had an election. But what they don't have is a government. Afghanistan is not ready for democracy. They are not even close. You can't just throw up some polling stations and ballots and claim that you have a functioning, democratic government.

Think about what happened here. There was an election of sorts, which everyone knew was going to be fraudulent. It was found to be fraudulent, and so everyone decided that there should be another one. And then it was apparent that that one would be fraudulent too, and that a whole lot of innocent people were going to die. So everyone convinced one of the candidates to quit, and declared the election off, and decided that the guy who stole the first election gets to keep being president. And then they all stand around and talk about how great it is that there is democracy in Afghanistan.

This is what we're fighting for? What a joke.

Sure, Afghanistan had an election. But what they don't have is a government.

]]> By: petemuldoon http://washingtonindependent.com/66037/galbraith-abdullah-did-the-right-thing-in-a-total-fiasco/comment-page-1#comment-101495 petemuldoon Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:03:07 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=66037#comment-101495 Afghanistan is not ready for democracy. They are not even close. You can't just throw up some polling stations and ballots and claim that you have a functioning, democratic government. <br><br>Think about what happened here. There was an election of sorts, which everyone knew was going to be fraudulent. It was found to be fraudulent, and so everyone decided that there should be another one. And then it was apparent that that one would be fraudulent too, and that a whole lot of innocent people were going to die. So everyone convinced one of the candidates to quit, and declared the election off, and decided that the guy who stole the first election gets to keep being president. And then they all stand around and talk about how great it is that there is democracy in Afghanistan.<br><br>This is what we're fighting for? What a joke.<br><br>Sure, Afghanistan had an election. But what they don't have is a government. Afghanistan is not ready for democracy. They are not even close. You can't just throw up some polling stations and ballots and claim that you have a functioning, democratic government.

Think about what happened here. There was an election of sorts, which everyone knew was going to be fraudulent. It was found to be fraudulent, and so everyone decided that there should be another one. And then it was apparent that that one would be fraudulent too, and that a whole lot of innocent people were going to die. So everyone convinced one of the candidates to quit, and declared the election off, and decided that the guy who stole the first election gets to keep being president. And then they all stand around and talk about how great it is that there is democracy in Afghanistan.

This is what we're fighting for? What a joke.

Sure, Afghanistan had an election. But what they don't have is a government.

]]> By: Hamid Karzai Wins, Just Like The Yankees « Around The Sphere http://washingtonindependent.com/66037/galbraith-abdullah-did-the-right-thing-in-a-total-fiasco/comment-page-1#comment-101126 Hamid Karzai Wins, Just Like The Yankees « Around The Sphere Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:22:03 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=66037#comment-101126 [...] Spencer Ackerman at Washington Indpendent: I asked Peter Galbraith, the deputy head of the United Nations’ mission to Afghanistan who was deposed for supporting a more rigorous U.N. role in opposing vote fraud in the August 20 elections, what he thought about Abdullah Abdullah’s withdrawal from the runoff. “Abdullah did the right thing,” he told me in an email from Islamabad. [...] [...] Spencer Ackerman at Washington Indpendent: I asked Peter Galbraith, the deputy head of the United Nations’ mission to Afghanistan who was deposed for supporting a more rigorous U.N. role in opposing vote fraud in the August 20 elections, what he thought about Abdullah Abdullah’s withdrawal from the runoff. “Abdullah did the right thing,” he told me in an email from Islamabad. [...]

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