How to Spin the Undermining of Another Government

[bcholmes]

Canada has decided to sidestep the corrupt Afghan government and ensure the safety of Canadian soldiers by paying Afghan police directly, in cash.

— "Canadians pay to bolster Afghan security", The Globe and Mail

Don't worry. There's no chance that kind of situation will be abused.

Comments

[clawfoot.livejournal.com]

That sounds very much like they're bribing people not to kill them.

[sinboy.livejournal.com]

Canada has decided to sidestep the corrupt Afghan government American puppet government.

You can tell it's an American puppet government, because anyone else would have done a better job.

[wild-irises.livejournal.com]

Well, your government sucks in the shadow of my government's unbelievable suckage.

That being said, I'm reading When Fox Was a Woman by Larissa Lai, and I was a little taken aback when the Canadian characters were talking about their government exactly the way disaffected American lefties would talk about our government pre-Dubya.

[professor-booty.livejournal.com]

The only question is: how's that gas pipeline coming along?

[kat-chan.livejournal.com]

The "corrupt" Afghan government? You mean that wonderful freely-elected democratic government that the US installed and is propping up? It's corrupt? With a former Unocal exec at its head? Well knock me over with a feather! ;)