Saturday, November 7, 2009

America Performs its Familiar Role of Propping Up a Dictator

America Performs its Familiar Role of Propping Up a Dictator: "

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By Robert Fisk

Could there be a more accurate description of the Obama-Brown message of congratulations to the fraudulently elected Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan? First the Palestinians held fair elections in 2006, voted for Hamas and were brutally punished for it – they still are – and then the Iranians held fraudulent elections in June which put back the weird Mahmoud Ahmadinejad whom everyone outside Iran (and a lot inside) regard as a dictator."

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