"Harry Krause" wrote in message


All the candidates but one withdrew.

Polls showed in advance that no candidate was close to surpassing Karzai.
The balance of the tribal candidates seized upon this ink business as an
excuse to cause a stir and perhaps convince some uninformed foolish monitors
to cancel the whole deal. Pure red herring, and, it would seem, rational
heads are prevailing in Afghanistan -- which in and of itself is a
remarkable advancement.