The AP story on the Afghan elections makes it sound like a rare moment of hope in the ol' GWOT/GSAVE:
It appeared tight security helped on election day, with only three people injured and no one killed near polling places, although officials said they thwarted plots to smuggle explosives into polling places in pens and a clock.
Despite violence elsewhere in the country, the focus was on getting out the vote after intense efforts by United Nations officials and the U.S.-led coalition to organize the election and provide security for voters.
"We are making history," President Hamid Karzai said while casting his ballot. "It's the day of self-determination for the Afghan people..."
Again, the people of Afghanistan astound and inspire. But the real lesson is that we can accomplish great things when we're not too busy giving the rest of the world the finger:
More than 6,000 polling stations were guarded by about 100,000 Afghan police and soldiers and 30,000 foreign troops in the U.S.-led coalition and a separate NATO peacekeeping force."
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