Karzai declared victor in Afghanistan

The lesson from the election in Afghanistan is that massive fraud pays off. Karzai was officially declared the winner today:

Afghan election officials canceled a presidential runoff and proclaimed the reelection of President Hamid Karzai on Monday, a day after Karzai's top challenger declared he would not take part in a second round of voting scheduled for Saturday because of a persistent risk of fraud.

"The Independent Election Commission declares the esteemed Hamid Karzai as the president . . . because he was the winner of the first round and the only candidate in the second round," commission's chairman Azizullah Lodin told a news conference.

Now, we're waiting for our President to come up with a strategy to deal with Afghanistan -- an exit strategy.