IQBAL LATIF:
It is a universal, among all tribes and nations, to be offended, and angrily reject all criticism , defensively claiming some special virtuous trait. All nations, without exception, think they are the Chosen People.
The plan which I was criticizing, was a plan by the American government, to gather troops from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh (also Albania, and anywhere else they can find get them from), and sent them to replace American troops dying in Iraq. A foolish plan, which all those governments have rejected. I applaud the good sense of all the subcontinent's governments, not accepting the invitation to clean up America's messes.
There was no need to be defensive, as the plan I was being critical of, was that of my own government.
But it is also silly of you, to pretend that India and her neighbors are not doing the exact same bloody tribalism the rest of the world is doing.
How "spontaneous" are the repeated episodes of Hindu-Muslim violence? It looks to me like both sides are encouraging it, inciting it, carefully feeding the communal hatred, for their own political purposes. The BJP tore down that mosque, after a 10-year campaign. How spontaneous was that? And weren't the riots afterward, an entirely predictable result?
These are identical:
1. The BJP tearing down mosques.
2. Sharon going to the Temple Mount.
3. Protestant Irish marching through Catholic areas, celebrating ancient battles where they slaughtered Catholics.
4. Americans endlessly doing historical re-enactments of the Alamo, and Civil War and Revolutionary War battles.
5. Palestinians, creating shrines in their homes, to remember and glorify suicide bombers.
It is all incitement, the actions of people who in their hearts are DeathWorshippers, glorifying and deliberately provoking killing, preparing to make more sacrifices of blood to their endlessly hungry Gods of BloodAndThunder. |
