With all the noise Democrats make about photo ID requirements causing voter suppression, you would expect elections in a place like Afghanistan to be a perfect example of this liberal complaint. Does the requirement to carry a photo ID to the polls stop voters there? Not at all. Afghan voters brave drive-by-shootings and suicide bombings to make their votes count! They know what actual voter suppression is.
As the Associated Press reports, The run-up to the election was troubling: the Islamic radicals of the Taliban, reviled by many but still popular in some areas, view the entire enterprise as the work of outsiders and infidels, and they vowed to disrupt it by targeting polling centers and election workers.To drive home the threat, insurgents in recent weeks stepped up shootings and bombings in the heart of Kabul to show they are capable of striking even in highly secured areas. A restaurant popular with foreigners and one of the capital’s main hotels were hit, killing many. Suicide bombers struck relentlessly.
On Friday, veteran Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus was killed and AP reporter Kathy Gannon was wounded when a local policeman opened fire as they sat in their car on the outskirts of Khost, in eastern Afghanistan. The two were at a security forces base, waiting to move in a convoy of election workers delivering ballots — apparent victims of an “insider attack” in which the very people tasked with protection turn out to be insurgents.
Allen B. West makes an excellent point: American liberals whine about “voter suppression,” but they don’t even realize what that is. What they’re really complaining about is “fraudulent voter suppression”. They love to play the race card when talking about voter photo ID because that fits their agenda, but in fact, photo ID requirements only prevent fraudulent voting.
Source: Allen B. West
Photo: Canada in Afghanistan
Voter ID.is not suppression of voters.We have to have a ID for everything else we do.
Kill the infidel.
It is awesome to see that our soldiers hard work has accomplished some good in a country that is so corrupt still!!
voter i.d. is fair to everyone not matter what the progressives say
IDs to vote is a great idea we need to stop the cheating at the poles
The Dems of the US are more interested in fraud than ID….
Its not that they cannot afford one. Its that having one they know they can no longer vote 50 times or vote with dead peoples names. That’s the facts. I was just on a comment board last night and asked one what if the people bought all of your id’s for you? You just have to prove who you are? Any replies on this people? Not a single comment back! NOT ONE!
Poor dems but they still win and we get the bathwater…………..we have very few leaders
they love there country and the freedom that comes with voting
Americans are spoiled and politicians won’t run for office unless the can find a way to cheat to win. Voters already have to register to vote and their name is checked off at the polling place as they come in to vote. The cheating happens after the polls are closed!