September 15, 2010
From Fighting Terrorists to Fighting Corruption: It is getting “curiouser and curiosier” in the Land of Afghans
U.S. Debates Karzai’s Place in Fighting Corruption
We need to fight the mid-week blues. Unfortunately, like phantom leg pain in amputees, even the unemployed go into this Wednesday funk. So, let us , as a diversion, imagine that Hamid Karzai loudly proclaims that he wants to root out corruption in the United States. Everybody in Afghanistan will laugh and all the camels there will, quite likely, miss the humor. Let us laugh with the Afghans – after all, we are trying to help them. If nothing, laughter might alleviate the Wednesday depression without the annoying side-effects of SSRIs.
My colleagues and I were actually disccusing this exact issue yesterday and not all of us agreed about it but I’m more on your side of the fence than I am with some of my classmates. Good thing that I browsed this website, I’ve already bookmarked it so that more visitors can see what you have to say.
I look forward to your input.