{"id":1133,"date":"2009-08-19T08:18:55","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T13:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2009-08-19T16:40:05","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T21:40:05","slug":"ginning-up-another-election-scam-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/19\/ginning-up-another-election-scam-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Ginning Up Another Election Scam Abroad &#8211; Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So the Afghan people will have the chance to prove they are free and self-governing this week.<\/p>\n<p>Or at least that is the story the Obama team and most of the U.S. media are shoveling.<\/p>\n<p>After the Bush team successfully carried off similar scams in Iraq, it is not surprising that the new regime in America would follow suit in Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>The Afghan government has already imposed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/19\/world\/asia\/19afghan.html?_r=1&#038;hp\">massive censorship<\/a> to blot out reports of violence on election day.   Perhaps  fraud and corruption will be redefined as violence&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Author Eric Margolis has an excellent analysis of the Afghan election farce <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/margolis\/margolis160.html\"><strong>here.<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the Afghan people will have the chance to prove they are free and self-governing this week. Or at least that is the story the Obama team and most of the U.S. media are shoveling. 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