Karzai and Afghanistan
We have to give credit where it is due: Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as Afghanistan's first democratically elected leader. It is a great day for democracy and let us all hope and pray for success in this ravaged land.
We could call him a puppet, hand picked by Bush to do his will but the people voted and will feel more involved in the political process for the first time. At this critical time, Karzai needs our support and aid. We should watch closely to see our government taking the right steps to combat drug trafficking and use and to help bring the warlords under the control of Afghanistan's legitimate government.
In my opinion, one of ways we should support him is by taking a hands off approach most of the time to let him build his base and reach his people. Bush etc. Should always be ready to step in when he asks, however.
We cannot fail in Afghanistan.
We could call him a puppet, hand picked by Bush to do his will but the people voted and will feel more involved in the political process for the first time. At this critical time, Karzai needs our support and aid. We should watch closely to see our government taking the right steps to combat drug trafficking and use and to help bring the warlords under the control of Afghanistan's legitimate government.
In my opinion, one of ways we should support him is by taking a hands off approach most of the time to let him build his base and reach his people. Bush etc. Should always be ready to step in when he asks, however.
We cannot fail in Afghanistan.
posted by Bakley @ 11:10 AM
3 Comments:
At December 7, 2004 at 11:47 AM,
CB said…
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At December 7, 2004 at 11:49 AM,
CB said…
It's a good step, but isn't it mostly symbolic at this point? Karzai has been called the President of Kabul - he can barely travel outside the city because the rest of the country is still governed by warlords. I'm furious that we left this country to fester while we turned our attention to Iraq.
At December 7, 2004 at 1:05 PM,
Bakley said…
I agree 100% and tried to avoid that in my post in an effort to celebrate somewhat. I think Rumsfeld's invitation should have been personally voided by Karzai.
The Bush team is a tremendous failure for abandoning them but perhaps we should give credit to the people in that they seem determined (however hesitant etc.) to move forward and not back - irrelevant to what our lousy leaders have done to them.
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