Is Afghanistans central government legitimate?
OK, OK, I know there was, like, an election that made Hamid Karzai president with 55% of the 8 million votes cast (from a population of 30 million). Fair enough. On the other hand, there are reports that only Karzai had access to US military transport during the election, and for that and other reasons, most people hadn’t heard of the opposition. Furthermore, we don’t know how the “election” really played in terms of tribal politics, not to mention the drug business. There was this thing of the Afghanistan Compact achieved after two days of brutal hotel living in London, but who the hell knows what that was about? Who represented Afghanistan and what was their room service bill? I asked the Minister of National Defence the same question but haven’t heard, I know he’s busy. I read that the International Committee of the Red Cross is very impressed at how Canadian troops record their prisoner handovers to Afghan “authorities”, but where does the trail lead after that Rick? There is some
