All I have to say about Mumbai right now
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catsidheShorter Jordan179:
“It's all very complicated, and no-one knows what's going on,but therefore India really should invade Pakistan now, so they don't have to nuke it later. No, really.”
But, you might say, Pakistan has not only denounced the atrocity, but has called for India to share what information it finds quickly and openly, so that it knows who it has to go after in Pakistan. Ahah! comes the response, that's just a cunning ruse, and anyway, the Indians have said that it was Pakistan, and they'd know, so shut up you Muslim-lover!
The Indian government, of course, has shown itself to be far more intelligent that the usual idiots, and has demonstrated that it understands the difference between “Pakistan” and “Pakistanis”
Of other interest is that because of Pakistan — quite reasonably — worrying about India retaliating for this, they have moved troops to the border Just In Case. What were these troops doing before? They were roaming the backlots of Pakistan, hunting for Al Qa'eda and Taliban and Lashkar e Toiba. So for the price of (how many? a score?) some terrorists and a couple of boats, whoever was behind this has just gained themselves time to hide and/or dig in. Or set up something that needs Pakistan's attention diverted somewhere else... And what this attack demonstrated was a clear knowledge of the use of diversion.
But, as a counter of all this, I agree with what DrewKitty says here. If the word ‘Hero’ means something, here are some people to whom it can be applied.
“It's all very complicated, and no-one knows what's going on,
But, you might say, Pakistan has not only denounced the atrocity, but has called for India to share what information it finds quickly and openly, so that it knows who it has to go after in Pakistan. Ahah! comes the response, that's just a cunning ruse, and anyway, the Indians have said that it was Pakistan, and they'd know, so shut up you Muslim-lover!
The Indian government, of course, has shown itself to be far more intelligent that the usual idiots, and has demonstrated that it understands the difference between “Pakistan” and “Pakistanis”
Of other interest is that because of Pakistan — quite reasonably — worrying about India retaliating for this, they have moved troops to the border Just In Case. What were these troops doing before? They were roaming the backlots of Pakistan, hunting for Al Qa'eda and Taliban and Lashkar e Toiba. So for the price of (how many? a score?) some terrorists and a couple of boats, whoever was behind this has just gained themselves time to hide and/or dig in. Or set up something that needs Pakistan's attention diverted somewhere else... And what this attack demonstrated was a clear knowledge of the use of diversion.
But, as a counter of all this, I agree with what DrewKitty says here. If the word ‘Hero’ means something, here are some people to whom it can be applied.
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Date: 2008-12-01 06:06 am (UTC)I would be quite happy to purchase him a one-way ticket to Afghanistan so he can beat his hairy chest in person at the "Islamofascists".
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Date: 2008-12-01 06:12 am (UTC)be exposed to actual physical dangerfight alongside the troops heis happy to send under firesupports so much... he's unwell, or something. He'll just have to stay at home, nursing his disappointment andplottingplanning sending other people to their deaths.It's not actually Jordan that gets me... it's his fan club of commentards, who are even more bloodthirsty than Jordan himself, and less well-balanced than Bolt's flying monkeys.
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Date: 2008-12-01 06:59 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-12-01 08:57 am (UTC)Although it would be fun to point him to his own post in four years time. But unfortunately people like that are beyond learning even from their own mistakes.