Is This the Democracy Afghanistan Should Have?

Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of the Afghan elections after his main opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, dropped out of the Presidential race after his demands to create a fair election were not met.

For those who don't know, the Afghan elections, which took place back in DATE were plauged with an overwhelming amount of fraudulent votes. Some estimates placed over 1 million spoiled ballots being disregarded. Upon expiring the corrupt ballots, Karzai had less than 50% of the vote, leading to a run-off election between himself and Abdullah Abdullah.

Because of Abdullah's resignation, there is no competitor left to challenge Karzai, leading to his declaration of victory and cancellation of the run-off election.

So here is the strategy to democratic victory in Afghanistan:

1. Place thugs at polling stations
2. Stuff the ballot boxes with false ballots
3. Refuse to amend the electoral process
4. ????
5. Be re-elected and congradulated by world leaders for your victory

Stay classy Karzai.