Why Karzai readily admits receiving bags of Iranian cash

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What a great little piece this is from the Christian Science Monitor. Why Karzai readily admits receiving bags of Iranian cash:

New Dehli - Afghan President Hamid Karzai admitted in a press conference Monday that his office accepts “bags of money” from the Iranian government.

That bald acknowledgment brings out into the open two uncomfortable facts confronting the US plan to build a modern democracy in Afghanistan. Just as in Iraq, Iran is successfully buying influence with Afghan leaders. And Mr. Karzai – like many members of Afghanistan's political class – sees bags of cash as a perfectly legitimate tool of statecraft.

Iran’s efforts may extend beyond Karzai’s palace. Members of Parliament say other politicians are taking Iranian money. And recent media reports claim that the Iranians are paying the Taliban to kill US soldiers.

The article is just one page and I encourage you to just take a few minutes and read it.

We need to start setting an example the rest of the world wants to follow as opposed to bribing them into "Democracy".

The bribe thing never really works and it sells short all the really unique things about America and Liberty and Freedom and All That. At that point we just become another cable provider, whose channel lineup really doesn't matter as much as how cheap we offer the service.

Yuck!

PB