U.S. & the Afghan vote
Geopolitical Review


by Geopoliticalmonitor.com

Global Research, February 2, 2009
Geopoliticalmonitor.com


FORECAST

Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) has cancelled the nation’s presidential elections, ostensibly to allow U.S. President Barack Obama’s troop surge to take full effect and improve Afghan security. However, the delay will enable U.S. troops to manipulate the election and oust President Hamid Karzai from power in order to stem the Taliban insurgency.

Although the Afghan constitution calls for an election 30 to 60 days prior to the end of the president’s tenure, currently May 22, 2009, the election commission of the U.S.-backed and installed Karzai government has illegally reset the presidential election to August 20, 2009.

Ostensibly, the illegal cancellation of the Afghani presidential election is to provide the U.S.-backed government four more months to increase its security capacity and enable free and fair elections, however the four months will be utilized by the U.S. to insert the bulk of the expected 30,000 U.S. troop surge into Afghanistan in order to control, manipulate, and determine the Afghan election under the American gun. To this end, the Obama administration last week diverted 3,000 U.S. troops scheduled for deployment in Iraq into Afghanistan.

The end goal is to oust from power current President Hamid Karzai, who is seeking reelection. Once the darling of the West and a staunch Bush ally in the “war on terrorâ€