rachael Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 [img]http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20041009/capt.caps10210092046.afghan_elections_caps102.jpg[/img] A sign is displayed at a movie theater about the Afghan elections next to a Afghan restaurant in the Little Kabul area of Fremont, Calif. Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004. Residents of Little Kabul, the nation's largest concentration of Afghan emigres, are watching closely as their homeland prepares to hold its first direct presidential election. As millions of voters in Afghanistan get ready to cast ballots Saturday, some residents of Fremont's Little Kabul see the landmark vote as a crucial step for a budding democracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theoketos Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeagol Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 (edited) look under the pretty veneer of triumph at the fraudulent voting practices. 15 of the candidates (all except Karzai, the figurehead chosen by the Bush administration) are boycotting the results of this "election" because of fraud. wait a few months and notice the legitimacy of the newly 'elected' leader. so much for the rosy picture of "democracy" - the truth is Afghanistan is still mostly run by the warlords. if you dont want to deny the actual reality on the ground, read up on the issues for your own sake: [url="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/FJ09Ag03.html"]http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/FJ09Ag03.html[/url] edit: P.S. try finding a picture of something like that in Iraq. instead you'll find 15,000 graves and lots of terrorists and other people who hate America even more than before. Edited October 10, 2004 by smeagol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachael Posted October 10, 2004 Author Share Posted October 10, 2004 please don't turn this into a debate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeagol Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 i'm not. i'm trying to inform everyone.... we must begin to realize that things arent as pretty as they appear. just because there were "elections" means nothing... look beneath the surface. "You clean the outside of the cup, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. / First clean the inside of the cup, and then the outside also will be clean." ~ Matthew 23:25-26 ~ Luke 11:39-41 "Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment." ~ John 7:24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachael Posted October 10, 2004 Author Share Posted October 10, 2004 :leave: bye, then. i don't feel like argueing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theoketos Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeagol Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 do you feel like thinking? or learning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachael Posted October 10, 2004 Author Share Posted October 10, 2004 :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeagol Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 me neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachael Posted October 10, 2004 Author Share Posted October 10, 2004 why do you have to be so hostile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeagol Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 i'm not. i offer knowledge about the REAL subject instead of its glossy pretty surface. i'm sorry if i upset anyone; i should have known nobody cares what's ACTUALLY going on in Afghanistan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachael Posted October 10, 2004 Author Share Posted October 10, 2004 man, you assume too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theoketos Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 [quote]why do you have to be so hostile? [/quote] [quote]do you feel like thinking? or learning? [/quote] [quote]i'm not. [/quote] Inconsistant Look, I apperciate the fact that you want to go deeper then the propaganda, and I see that you have for one side. But you are very biast, and thus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Wednesday Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 I don't doubt that things aren't all roses abroad, but believe me, if Bush was a Democrat, then people on Kerry's side would be singing the praises of happy Afghans voting democratically... It's not so polite to assume that just because people on here don't support Kerry (or rather, support Bush) don't [b]care[/b] about what goes on in Afghanistan. That assumption [b]is[/b] hostile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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