Bahu Virupaksha

Join Date 09/2004

The Attack on Benazir Bhutto

What it means for USA

A few days back I had predicted that the US support to "democracy" by brokering a power sharing arrangement with the Military regime in Pakistan will lead to instability in the region: the attack on the cavalcade of Ms Bhutto in Karachi proves that my assessment was right.

The return of Benazir Bhutto to Pakistan at this juncture is not in the interest of peace in the region: her covert endorsement of US military strategy in the "War against Terror" has made Ms Bhutto's posion extremely vulnerable. She should not have taken apublic position in favor of the US led war against terror, because in most parts of the world the US is perceived as a militaristic, violent, and destabalising force. The war on Iraq has not endeared the USA to the people in the region and the attack on Ms Bhutto inly undescores the fact that anyone perceived as being soft on the USA will be assasinated at the earliest opportunity. The USA should back General Musharaf to the hilt and should not whittle down his standing by proping up a democratic fascade like Bhutto. In fact she has not helped by stating that she would allow the use of Pakistani territory by the US military in its hunt for its wanted terrorisr leaders. This sinle statement has undermined the political standing of Ms Bhutto.

Instead of giving a democratic public face to its war against Islam, the USA will be betteroff backing its generals so that the people of Pakistan atre protected from the sort of attacks we witnessed in Karachi. US policy in the region will lead to the take over of both Pakistan and Afghanistan by, radical Islamic regimes.

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US policy in the region will lead to the take over of both Pakistan and Afghanistan by, radical Islamic regimes.

i guess you forgot that General Musharaf has also been the target of assissions.

the only people who would be against democracy would be those who would lose power if it works. the list seems to include iran, syria, taliban, al quida, and you.

as for the fall of the usa that isn't going to happen.

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Daiwa

Join Date 07/2001

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Blah, blah, blah, blah.

Bray, bray, bray, bray.

Rinse, repeat.

Notice the complete absence of any discussion, let alone criticism, of the wack jobs who perpetrated the attack?

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Notice the complete absence of any discussion, let alone criticism, of the wack jobs who perpetrated the attack

I have said clearly that the attack was planned by anti USW and anti Musharaff forces.

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She should not have taken apublic position in favor of the US led war against terror, because in most parts of the world the US is perceived as a militaristic, violent, and destabalising force. The war on Iraq has not endeared the USA to the people in the region and the attack on Ms Bhutto inly undescores the fact that anyone perceived as being soft on the USA will be assasinated at the earliest opportunity

Once again I was ad to say right. And this was well before her assasinationterday as I posted this blog on 19th October 2007.

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She should not have taken apublic position in favor of the US led war against terror,

Yet her supporters loved her for it. And violent people hate her. It's the usual situation of peaceful, sane people supporting the US and violent fanatics opposing the US.

because in most parts of the world the US is perceived as a militaristic, violent, and destabalising force.

Whereas in some parts of the world, like Kosovo, the US is perceived as the best hope for freedom.

The war on Iraq has not endeared the USA to the people in the region

Actually, it has endeared the USA to the people in _Iraq_. The Arab reporting of the conflict has not endeared the USA to the rest of the Arab world.

and the attack on Ms Bhutto inly undescores the fact that anyone perceived as being soft on the USA will be assasinated at the earliest opportunity

And one must ALWAYS do what the violent people want, right Bahu?

Hence the US should abandon the Kurds, the Jews, the Nubians, the Darfurians, the south Sudanese, the Afghanis, and Bhutto's supporters in Pakistan, because the new god, Al Qaeda, wills it so.

I am not brave myself, but caving in to violence that happens to other people is a form of "vorauseilender Gehorsam". The description is in German because it is traditionally a German habit. It describes some people's need to adapt to the will of self-declared authority.

The literal translation is "overtaking (or hurrying) obedience".

It's symptoms include a tendency not only to obey but to go ahead and implement what might be the next order (so it has never to be given) while believing that one acts out of one's own volition.

Be very careful Bahu. You are way ahead of us there. Giving in to violence is one thing but giving in ahead of time just because violence exists, that is what makes nations fall to fascism.

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The war on Iraq has not endeared the USA to the people

except for the ones who really count at this point and that is the people of iraq.

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And one must ALWAYS do what the violent people want, right Bahu?

it seems that this man is pro 'the violent people'

mayhaps one of the al quida, or taliban members.

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It is also one thing not to help other people and quite another to condemn those who do help.

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Daiwa

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Bizarre that Bahu would claim to be "right" when there is no evidence that his assumptions are anywhere close to the truth. But, then, his job is Chief Apologist for Thugs Who Kill & Maim in the Name of Religion.

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