For 30 years coups, assassinations and invasions were the usual means of power transfer in Kabul. But yesterday Hamid Karzai broke with bloody tradition and assumed office with a simple formula of words.In Afghanistan, December 7th will be a day remembered as being something the opposite of infamy, I'd imagine...
Laying a hand on the Qur'an, Afghanistan's first democratic president swore his allegiance inside the former royal palace that was once the scene of thunderous gunbattles but has since been renovated to welcome 600 guests.
"We have left a hard and dark past behind us, and today we are opening a new chapter in our history," said the blue-blooded Pashtun leader, who has led his country since the US-led invasion in 2001.
Speaking of Pearl Harbor Day, I decided to hold off on posting on that subject and make that the topic of my MVCA column on Friday instead...
