Afghanistan Finally has a President

It's official! After a long, gut-wrenching period of time, Afghanistan
has made Hamid KarzaiHamid Karzai the official president of the war torn country.
The Afghan electoral officials definitively announced that President
Karzai would be serving another term in office after a second round of
voting was canceled this past weekend.

American President Barack ObamaBarack Obama believes this announcement means that a
new chapter of the "Afghan book" has been turned and that the country
should shoot for bigger, better things moving forward. Despite this
current victory, the true test will be whether President Karzai can win
over his people as well as the international community. The main
challenge the newly anointed leader faces will be showing the world that
the government he installs is legitimate and that it can function in a
diplomatic manner.

As is with any situation that the United States has an economic
interest, the legitimacy of the presidential victory for Mr. Hamid is
being called into question. People on local and international levels
believe that the chance of a new president in Afghanistan being named
was slim to none. The reason being the U.S would not allow that to
happen and that Karzai is merely a puppet of American President Barack
Obama and the American government.

As usual the world will never know the legitimacy of the presidential
election unless a mole leaks it. However, we all need to recognize
Afghanistan as an independent country and see the good that Mr. Karzai
hopes and plans to install in this country that still has many barriers
to conquer.