Unintended irony from the NYT

(updated below)

The New York Times today has an article lamenting the extreme levels of corruption in Afghanistan's ruling class — "a narrow business and political elite defined by its corruption" — and explains how these unchecked improprieties are impeding U.S. goals for post-withdrawal stability ("pervasive graft has badly undercut the American war strategy, which hinged on building the Karzai administration into a credible alternative to the Taliban"). Within that article lurks one of my f...