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Part 1 dealt with how that icon of Uda Walawe, Rambo the mature bull elephant who has been conditioned to accept food from those passing the national park, now faces the prospect of imprisonment in an Elephant Holding Ground. What are these holding grounds? Do they have any conservation purpose? The dictate of politics not conservation Elephant Holding Grounds (EHGs) are there to appease politicians who seek a quick fix to please the immediate needs of their voter base, irrespective of whether it is the right thing to do. Rather than follow the evidence of research and the understandings of s...

Government ranked second most corrupt in the world. while some may hold elected or appointed positions, that's incidental to their power which depends on the number of armed men at their disposal or because of the wealth they were able to accumulate. karzai holds his office not as the choice of the afghan people, but as the result of massively fraudulent election as he himself now concedes. this guy has to somehow put this country together or we can't leave. am i right? >> the strategy -- the strategy is to make sure that not only our troops have everything in resources they need to execute an...

Fraudulent election, as he himself now concedes. this guy has to somehow put this country together or we can't leave. am i right? >> the strategy -- the strategy is to make sure that not only our troops have everything in resources that nay need in terms to execute and win, but to make sure that the karzai government is -- ends the corruption and provides stability, at least in these outlying regions where we find holding grounds for the taliban and terrorists. >> karzai has a certain amount of influence in kabul, bagram, kandahar, the bigger city areas. his influence on the outlying areas, al...

Democratic elected leader of a reliable ally, saying it doesn't make it so. while some may hold elect the positions, it's insaw dental to their power. karzai holds his office not as the choice of the afghan people, but as the result of massively fraudulent election as he himself now concedes. this guy has to somehow put this country together or we can't leave. am i right? >> the strategy -- the strategy is to make sure that not only our troops have everything in resources they need to execute and win, but to make sure the karzai government ends corruption and provides stability at least in the...

They have been holding grounds for the taliban and terrorists. >> karzai has an influence in kabul, in cand adar, in the bigger city areas, but his influnls on the outlining areas, almost like it is here, on basic needs the afghan people have, is almost zero. they don't care if it's karzai or somebody else. we have to get the regular afghan people to believe in our mission over there to trust us, work with us, and i don't think they really care who their president is to a certain extent. they want to be invested in that. but karzai is not going to help get trash picked up or make sure your hom...