By HELENE COOPER,New York Times
Both men probably engaged in voter fraud
A little more than 24 hours after polls closed,President Obama stepped out on the White House South Lawn to pronounce the Afghanistan presidential elections something of a success.
“This was an important step forward in the Afghan people’s effort to take control of their future,even as violent extremists are trying to stand in their way,” Mr. Obama said. “I want to congratulate the Afghanistan people on carrying out this historic election.”
But now,as reports mount of widespread fraud in the balloting,including allegations that supporters of the Afghan president,Hamid Karzai,illegally stuffed ballot boxes in the south and ripped up ballots cast for his opponents,Mr. Obama’s early praise for the Afghan elections may soon be coming back to haunt him.
History repeats itself…Iraq too.