US Attorney General Eric Holder is in Kabul to address the issue of corruption with Afghan government officials. This is an attempt to try to get the Afghan government to get a handle on the widespread corruption which has been a plaque to its being able to function as it should.
To be perfectly honest with you I just don’t see how we will be able to stop the corruption which has been in place for such a long time. One thing is for certain, and it is that we are not going to end official corruption with talk. I don’t know what will. In a government where corruption is the norm how do you stop officials from making some easy money at every opportunity. It kind of sounds like home doesn’t it?
Attorney General Holder is trying to get a handle on the seemingly ineffectual court system which does not evenly mete out justice in all cases (that sounds like home also). Officials who have some sort of pull seem to be able to get away with whatever. President Karzai has pubicly affirmed that he doesn’t condone corruption at any level and has urged citizens to come forward with any allegations of official corruption no matter if it involves one of his close friends or family members. Well yea right on that one. I’ll bet that anyone who does will get whacked in a hurry. Thats the official view of the military ring man. What do you think?
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