Good luck Liberia!

Since its birth, the reality of Liberia has never lived up to its promise. Nevertheless, I've always been a sucker for the idea of the country of Liberia.

And now, after 15 years of war, they're having an election. Sure, the leading candidate is a soccer player with no political experience, while the presence of dozens of other contenders guarantee no one will gain a mandate. Sure, there are only 120 miles of paved road in the country, and porters have had to be hired to deliver ballot boxes to 3,000 polling stations. Sure, people are waiting for hours and hours in blazingly hot tempratures, to fill out ballots in triplicate. Sure, the election is taking place under the watchful eye of 15,000 UN peacekeepers, without whom the country would fall apart.

Despite all that, I've got my fingers crossed for these poor fuckers. After what they've been through, the Liberian people deserve a little rational, pluralistic, impartial government. So good luck, Liberia. I hope y'all catch a break for once.