Gilgamesh 2

The Epic of Gilgamesh correlates to an article in the New York Times called “U.S Debates Karzai’s Place in Fighting Corruption.” This article states that the US wants to keep Karzai in power, but the risk of this may add on. Karzai’s previous acts are the debate on whether or not he should take a major part in rooting out corruption. US want to restrain Karzai from too much given power, but at the same time, want to battle the Taliban with him. In the Epic, Gilgamesh is the most powerful and he oppresses all the citizens. The Gods want Gilgamesh to remain in power, but there is a major issue if they continue letting him do so. Therefore, Enkidu is sent to prevent Gilgamesh from his wrong-doings and together they take on a journey to fight Humbaba and even kill the Bull of Heaven. This is very much alike the article in the New York Times, even though there is a suspicion of corruption, US and Karzai are still working together to fight Taliban. “The discussion on corruption, in essence, is really a discussion about our relationship with Karzai,” said one senior Obama administration official. With this being said, Karzai is basically Gilgamesh who is oppressing the citizens of Uruk. Both Karzai and Gilgamesh comes close with others to defeat one main enemy.