Comments on: Abdullah Quits Afghan Runoff http://news.antiwar.com/2009/11/01/abdullah-quits-afghan-runoff/ Original and up-to-date news Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:45:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karzai Nation | stream4.me http://news.antiwar.com/2009/11/01/abdullah-quits-afghan-runoff/comment-page-1/#comment-5945 Karzai Nation | stream4.me Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:15:33 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/?p=6950#comment-5945 [...] Abdullah says he won’t participate in Afghanistan’s run-off election because it will be too crooked, so crook Hamid Karzai wins. Everything we do in AfPak from now on, [...] [...] Abdullah says he won’t participate in Afghanistan’s run-off election because it will be too crooked, so crook Hamid Karzai wins. Everything we do in AfPak from now on, [...]

]]> By: Peaceful_Idiot http://news.antiwar.com/2009/11/01/abdullah-quits-afghan-runoff/comment-page-1/#comment-5906 Peaceful_Idiot Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:42:47 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/?p=6950#comment-5906 It's clever though. One candidate sham after a multi-candidate sham. Saddam would be impressed except he's dead because we killed him. It's clever though. One candidate sham after a multi-candidate sham. Saddam would be impressed except he's dead because we killed him.

]]> By: Peaceful_Idiot http://news.antiwar.com/2009/11/01/abdullah-quits-afghan-runoff/comment-page-1/#comment-5905 Peaceful_Idiot Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:51:31 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/?p=6950#comment-5905 that isn't very nice after the complex went through all that work last week smearing his rival. that isn't very nice after the complex went through all that work last week smearing his rival.

]]> By: canadaguy http://news.antiwar.com/2009/11/01/abdullah-quits-afghan-runoff/comment-page-1/#comment-5904 canadaguy Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:25:25 +0000 http://news.antiwar.com/?p=6950#comment-5904 Well, there goes what little remaining legitimacy Karzai had. This is just going to increase pressure on the US to withdraw or at least start talking about an exit date. If they are seen as propping up a corrupt Karzai regime, that's just going to make people more unhappy and likely to join the insurgents. I predicted last month that the war was essentially over at this point. <a href="http://watching-history.blogspot.com/2009/10/war-in-afghanistan-2001-201x.html" target="_blank">http://watching-history.blogspot.com/2009/10/war-...</a> Well, there goes what little remaining legitimacy Karzai had. This is just going to increase pressure on the US to withdraw or at least start talking about an exit date. If they are seen as propping up a corrupt Karzai regime, that's just going to make people more unhappy and likely to join the insurgents. I predicted last month that the war was essentially over at this point.

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