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Article: U.S. should deal firmly with Hamid Karzai on Afghan corruption
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- October 18, 2009
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Sometime this week, we may learn who the president of Afghanistan
is. Or we may not.
Imagine: As President Barack Obama wrestles with whether to send
more troops to fight the Afghan Taliban, it's still unclear whether
the sitting president, Hamid Karzai, won the majority required to
avoid a runoff.
A five-man Election Complaints Commission charged with reviewing
claims of massive ballot fraud has finished its work, but we're
still waiting for its announcement. If the commission waits past
this week, it may be too late to hold a second round before severe
winter weather sets in.
So the Karzai factor haunts Obama. Some Obama officials say
Karzai's lack of legitimacy dooms any deeper ...