The Times: Reports that the Obama Administration has seen the political wind, in the up and coming Presidential Election in Afghanistan it looks like Hamid Karzai will win the election. Lets be honest Karzai could be the next Diem, but Obama does not have a choice in the real politics of Afghanistan. Karzai as Diem is weak and does not follow the road wanted by the USA, but as with Diem if you get rid of him you might end up in worse trouble. The Obama Administration has a problem, Afghanistan is a very Conservative country when it comes to gender issues, the Obama Administration has a Liberal Base that wants gay weddings on the White House lawn and Abortion clinics at the other end. Thus an old Democratic Politician once stated all politics is local, Karzai has to keep American support but he also has to keep local support. Thus Obama might find that political reality does not care much for Liberal Ideals, at the end of the day after either four or eight years Obama might be closer to Bush 43 than the President ever thought when he started out in 2008.
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