I think this is an oversimplified view of the situation in Afghanistan. Everyone here is mocking the Karzai government for corruption. How about the charge of throwing the first stone-we have corruption here that rivals Afghanistan’s, and we are still debating, even before the Supreme Court now, what “honest address” means. This cartoon seems to me to frame the world in our terms, which means we are missing the point, and thus wasting our young and our tax dollars in misguided efforts to fix the world, which really means just get even.
Unfortunately, Tom Toles’ view here is standard America is the greatest thinking. Karzai and Afghanistan, where our troops are dying along with many Afghanis, has a history of tribalism. That’s not a bad thing in a country which has been the crossroads for many others, and little to hang onto. Yes, corruption can and does flourish, as a legacy of that tribal society. We know that - we used it in 2001 when we went in there to help some tribes fight the Taliban, right? I wonder if any one reading this cartoon has any suggestions other than pull out. Then who do you blame after the Taliban from Pakistan and the Afghani Taliban get together and cooperate with other to play their terrorist games, against us and others.
I think this is an oversimplified view of the situation in Afghanistan. Everyone here is mocking the Karzai government for corruption. How about the charge of throwing the first stone-we have corruption here that rivals Afghanistan’s, and we are still debating, even before the Supreme Court now, what “honest address” means. This cartoon seems to me to frame the world in our terms, which means we are missing the point, and thus wasting our young and our tax dollars in misguided efforts to fix the world, which really means just get even.