Western powers originally praised the election, but confidence in the handling of the vote has eroded as allegations of fraud have continued to
mount.
David Owen, a member of the UK upper house of parliament, told Al Jazeera that "the level of corruption... straight out electoral vote rigging, is
worrying".
"I think Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, was wise to persuade Karzai not to claim victory and let the process work its way through."
Still, he said that "Afghanistan has never really been what we would think of as an electoral democracy - we shouldn't be too upset if these
elections are not too successful".
"At the end, we'll have the choice to accept a very unsatisfactory democratic election or to try and overturn it... we have to reach some kind of
compromise to find an end to this election.
I have said over and over again that the Afghan election are fraudulent. I have always stated that Afghans don't want what Westerns want, but people
seem to disagree, they seem to think Afghans want to live the same fantasy lifestyle Westerners are currently engaged in.
Afghanistan has never really been what we would think of as an electoral democracy - we shouldn't be too upset if these elections are not too
successful".
So there you have it. The West force their own ideas on to others, and at the same time claim that others are trying force their ideas on to them.
That my friend is called lying and deceiving the masses.
I'm still ashamed that many Westerners are deluded enough to believe that every action the West makes is for good cause. It is self interest, and
self interest means self interest. If you can't understand that then you are beyond a 1 page article.
english.aljazeera.net...
[edit on 10-9-2009 by oozyism]
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