America's boy done good

摘要

He has been branded an American stooge, yet most Afghans approve of him anyway. With 99% of the vote counted in Afghanistan's first presidential election, Hamid Karzai had won 55% of the vote, 39 points more than his nearest rival. His victory was expected to be formally declared on October 31st, pending the results of an investigation into the election's many flaws and the arrival of the last weary UN donkey, bearing a ballot-box in from the wilds.