The electoral outcome has caused almost all concerned to avert their eyes, pretend not to remember the unseemly events that led up to Hamid Karzai securing a second term as president of Afghanistan, and declare that in lieu of a possibly even messier episode on Saturday that this decision confers that elusive quality known as legitimacy on Mr. Karzai and the once and future government of Afghanistan. Unfortunately, opinions about legitimacy — all around — generally have more to do ...

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