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2007-09-07 India-Pakistan

Perv: Pakistan must get rid of al-Qaeda, Taliban

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Posted by Fred 2007-09-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
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#1 Perv knows if he gets rid of the militants the US/West would not need him anymore.Its in his interest to make the West scared so he can stay in power!!!

Posted by Paul 2007-09-07 06:54|| 2007-09-07 06:54|| Front Page Top

#2 It goes way beyond that. The turbans represent Pakistain's most effective means to project state power. Their army's pretty much useless and their air force is plagued by Inshallah maintenance. They've got nukes, but everybody else who has any has more.

The Pak oligarchy's self-image is that of subtle, genius-level masterminds, pulling strings of plausible deniability. Their objectives are to establish suzerainity over Afghanistan and to break up India, first taking the chunks that are Muslim for themselves, then imposing Islam on the remnants. Somewhere in the process they intend to reabsorb the Babus of Bangla.

The Pak oligarchy's actuality isn't nearly as subtil as they think it is. Anyone who deals with them comes to realize within a week that they lie for the sake of lying, even if it's to their tactical or strategic disadvantage; it's so much a cultural characteristic by now as to be pretty much unconscious. They're clumsy and they're crude and any martial qualities they might have started out with in 1947 have by now been eroded by their penchant for awarding themselves land grants, business interests, and government sinecures. The Spartans avoided the easy life; the Punjabis use their military as a method of seeking it.

As a result, they stiffen their ranks with Pastoons, which brings with it another set of problems. In Pashtunistan ignorance is considered a virtue, brutality something to be admired. And of course there's the religion thing; they take it much more seriously than the whisky-drinkin' pseudo-Brits of the Punjab elite. That makes for real fierce warriors and such - viz., the Mehsuds - but modern armies work because of technology and discipline. A love of explosives and the willingness to bonk your head on the floor five times a day whilst bowing toward Mecca aren't the same thing.

Posted by Fred 2007-09-07 10:40|| 2007-09-07 10:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Anyone who deals with them comes to realize within a week that they lie for the sake of lying, even if it's to their tactical or strategic disadvantage; it's so much a cultural characteristic by now as to be pretty much unconscious.

Welcome to the downside of taqiyya. Much like cheating in chess, your wins don't rely upon skill so much as seizing the opportunity to cheat. Allowing yourself to cheat destroys all development of genuine ability.

So it is with taqiyya. Allowing oneself the lax morals and ethics that countenance taqiyya breeds up a dependence upon unfair advantage which stifles intellectual development and the achievement of excellence. Over-reliance upon plausible deniability inculcates a fatal sloppiness inherent in avoiding signature grade work. Taqiyya represents the ultimate in lack of personal responsibility. Transposed to a national level, one gets the mayhem and chaos currently known as Pakistan. Small wonder they are a hub of international terrorism. Little else could arise from such a philosophical cesspool.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-07 16:41|| 2007-09-07 16:41|| Front Page Top

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