Sorry to be talking again. But I found a website where Americans stationed in Afghanistan post articles on what they do and see during their deployment. Please do not blame me if it's not 100% kosher; I didn't look at it all and you know the heat must get to our boys over there.
http://gocomics.typepad.com/the_sandbox/2007/03/driving_in_afgh.html
Also, a (hopefully accurate) timeline of Afghan history that helped me understand this stuff:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Afghanistan
This is an awesome site. The story that is the most recent is about the driving in Afganistan as well as it has a picture of a really cool truck. I think this article highlights in a pedestrian way the challenge of democracy in a place where the rule of law for some time has been a variable proposition. Bribery is a way of life. If the playing field is not level it is within our nature to play at the edges....
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