Legitimacy of the Government at stake

Anne Applebaum - In Afghanistan, Real Test Comes After the Election - washingtonpost.com: "And if, for any reason, a legitimate president does not emerge? Then the tangled webs will once again unfurl themselves, the clans and the tribes and the paid mercenaries will start choosing sides, the people who blow up polling stations will have gained credibility -- and we will have to think hard about whether to stay in Afghanistan at all."

Since I started to follow the Afghanistan war, I have not seen much in the way of positive news from Afghanistan. Anne Applebaum set in her article up a conditional approach where she means that either the new president gets legitimacy by the election or chances are out for success in the campaign. This article is a must read!