"Zalmay Khalilzad, the Afghan-born former US ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq"
Now that he's not Bush's man at the U.N., huh?
I see a RIGGED ELECTION coming up!
Also see Obama Has No Afghanistan Strategy before reading the MSM propaganda for a further understanding of the events the MSM propaganda paper will describe.
"Amid strife, Afghans delay election date; Insurgency forms backdrop of campaign" by M. Karim Faiez and Laura King, Los Angeles Times | January 30, 2009
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan officials yesterday set Aug. 20 as the date for the nation's presidential election, starting the clock on a campaign that will be waged against the backdrop of an increasingly violent insurgency and rising domestic discontent.
President Hamid Karzai, first installed by the United States after the fundamentalist Taliban movement was toppled seven years ago, is widely viewed as the front-runner, although he has not formally declared his candidacy and his popularity has plummeted in the past year. Karzai's relationship with his one-time Western patrons also has grown tense.
Karzai, who was elected in 2004 to the post he already held, has an edge over those who have declared their interest in running, but it is not known how he might fare if a well-known figure such as Zalmay Khalilzad, the Afghan-born former US ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq, were to enter the race....
Now you know whom the CANDIDATE and NEXT PRESIDENT will be!!!
Although some of Karzai's opponents complained about the delay, international bodies including the United Nations supported the timetable. As many as 30,000 additional US troops are to arrive in Afghanistan in coming months. Azizullah Lodin, who serves as chairman of the Independent Election Commission, described that influx as a factor in the timing of the election.
"Without security, there can be no election," he said.
So let's introduce MORE INSECURITY with a LARGER MILITARY FORCE! Oyvay!
The campaign comes amid a reappraisal of US policy in Afghanistan by the Obama administration, which has put Karzai on notice that tougher demands will be placed on him. The Afghan leader reportedly had a stormy encounter with Vice President Joe Biden, who paid a pre-inaugural visit to Afghanistan.
Bye-bye, Hamid!
Officials familiar with the discussions said Biden bluntly informed the Afghan leader that corruption, a key source of public discontent, had gotten far out of hand. Biden reportedly warned that without significant improvements, Karzai could not count on the backing of the US administration.
Pffft! Read this: Obama Gonna Get Some!
Much of Afghanistan's pervasive corruption is fueled by the drug trade. US officials have said they suspect Karzai's brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, of involvement in narcotics trafficking.
To get the guts of the drug war, please see this site.
We's playing BOTH SIDES, 'murkns!
The Afghan president, for his part, has accused the international community of failing to deliver on promises of better security, making it difficult for his administration to establish its writ across Afghanistan. Critics sometimes call Karzai "the mayor of Kabul," a derisive reference to the lack of meaningful governance in much of the country.
In recent months, Karzai has openly expressed anger about civilian casualties that have occurred during coalition military operations. US troops have been involved in the majority of such incidents....
THAT is why he is FALLING OUT of FAVOR and turning to the Russians!!!
President Barack Obama and Karzai have met, but their relationship appears far less cordial than the one the Afghan leader enjoyed with President Bush. During a July visit to Kabul, the Afghan capital, Obama ruffled feathers by saying that Karzai had not "gotten out of the bunker" and created an effective judiciary and police force. The Afghan leader's aides were privately miffed, noting that he had survived a number of assassination attempts.
--more--"
So if an assassination is successful we should look towards the Taliban, right -- even with all the history of false-flags, etcm, to advance U.S. interests?
