Comments on: Good News About the Election

By: MILNEWS.ca

MILNEWS.ca — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:36:48 +0000

This just in earlier this evening from the Taliban – no ceasefire, election results rejected (even before ballots cast), and any casualties at the ballot box are the victims’ fault….
http://www.scribd.com/doc/18739361/Mujahideen-Statement-Regarding-Fake-Elections-17092009

By: Election fever « harry rud

Election fever « harry rud — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:32:37 +0000

[...] the nicest possible way, that it would be best if they didn’t vote. Which, if you squint a bit, could be seen as a good thing as it does mean they are at least taking them seriously (nothing worse than an insurgent group [...]

By: Joel Hafvenstein

Joel Hafvenstein — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:46:47 +0000

I’m still not convinced that the Taliban are going to commit any serious resources to election disruption — they made threats in the previous elections as well, but never really followed through. Ultimately, I agree with your pessimistic analysis: I don’t think they feel threatened by elections. But we’ll see.

By: anand

anand — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:30:28 +0000

Any idea when Afghanistan elects some provincial and district governments?

By: David M

David M — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:19:46 +0000

The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 07/31/2009 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.

By: Joshua Foust

Joshua Foust — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:50:32 +0000

Dammit. Yes, yes, I did mean to say that.

By: Noah Tucker

Noah Tucker — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:48:35 +0000

“and even worse, the inevitability of Hamid Karzai to lose could be easily spun into “democracy doesn’t work.””

Did you mean to say “the inevitability of HK to win?