Tomorrow there will be elections in Afghanistan. The first. This morning’s NPR report spoke of how this election has more legitimacy than the ones upcoming in Iraq because the UN is involved. I guess they think the UN is a legitimate organization.
The report also spoke of how contentious the election could be. Karzai has already had his life threatened, and has survived attacks. Thugs have trashed campaign organization offices, and some people are being threatened if they vote.
My goodness. Good thing we don’t have those problems here. (Thanks, Sarah) Our President and other candidates might need to have bodyguards. And we know nobody in this country would threaten a fellow citizen for their choice of candidate.
I’m just a Pollyanna.
***UPDATE***
Scott Norvell has a great piece at Tech Central Station.