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So what am I missing in Afghanistan?<\/p>\n

Isn’t this like catching a really dumb bank robber in the act (stealing almost a million votes) – and then, instead of booking him on charges, giving him another chance to rob the same bank?<\/p>\n

The U.S. government and NATO are going to let Karzai take another swing at the ballot boxes. Why? To see if he became a smarter vote thief since August?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So what am I missing in Afghanistan? Isn’t this like catching a really dumb bank robber in the act (stealing almost a million votes) – and then, instead of booking him on charges, giving him another chance to rob the same bank? 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