Afghan Governors

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/09/2012920184255109884.html

If there's one thing that I, personally, think about the Afghan people, after studying them, is that when they see changes in governance, they'll observe it, take note of it, and do whatever works best for them in spite of it.

Ive heard constantly that they're an incredibly independent people, sociologically and culturally, and that therefore, this change up of governance isn't necessarily going to do much, except give Karzai the illusion that he has more control in Afghanistan that he probably, actually has.

This highlights a couple of things. One, is that culture and perspective of the other are both incredibly important and significant things to understand, accept and work with, and that you work at your own expense when you don't acknowledge or take it effectively into account.

The second, is that Karzai is likely going to have troubles as soon as we're out of there, both from the Taliban and from his own people.

We're going to leave him in the middle of a war zone with nothing but a large, over priced, semi loyal army "behind" him, plus a lot of armed civilians to boot.

It's not going to be pretty over there once we get out of there.

And, unfortunately, the Obama administration is likely going to take the hit for it, even though it was Bush who established our presence and oversaw it for the longest time.

That what I would be guarding against, if I were the Democrats.

But, that's just me.

Think about it.