The problem with cosmetic democracies

Submitted by markiecork (India), Mar 30, 2010 at 07:19

The problem with cosmetic democracies is that the people see the strings on the puppets . Seven years since the invasion and things are drastically worse. Millions killed and displaced, infrastructure destroyed, and a bloodly civil war but look on the bright side we have their oil. Now lets get back to building and securing that pipeline in Afghanistan.

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