"How," world leaders are asking, "Could the Afghan elections be rigged? We never saw this one coming."
In a country with the fine tradition expressed by its national motto "Democracy through transparent government" the surprise and shock is all the greater.
"Afghanistan, once our beloved brother, is now a disgrace to the region," the hereditary dictators of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan expressed with regret.
Meanwhile, in Kabul, street rioters, car bombers, drug dealers, and abusers of females took a day off while loyal gangsters, murderers, rapists, and terrorists joined in condemnation of western journalists whose anti-Muslim bias motivates false reports of corruption, vote rigging, and chaos. Curses upon them.
