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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (5103)7/12/1999 9:04:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 12475
 
'Barbarians at the gate'- The Rajeev missive.

'... In some ways, the butchery exhibited by the Pakistanis is a mere reflection of what Semitic monsters have always done -- from Babur to Hitler, from Timurlane to Pol Pot, from Vlad the Impaler to Mao. They have used these terror tactics both because they were genuinely bloodthirsty and also because it would weaken the resolve of their enemies.

Pakistanis in particular have been brought up on a steady diet of lies and propaganda. While undoubtedly there is distortion of history on the Indian side as well -- for instance the inane worship of the Nehru dynasty -- it is nothing compared to what happens to impressionable Pakistani minds.

As has been amply discussed by many, Pakistan has only a negative self-definition -- it is "not-India". Therefore, the impluse is to reject, and in fact scorn, everything Indian. It is pathetic that Pakistanis have to invent Arab ancestors for themselves. Ninetynine per cent of them are the descendants of (forcibly) converted Indian Buddhists and Hindus, but they all claim Arab ancestry. They do not look to South Asia, but to West Asia for their role models and mindsets. In other words, they are Arab wanna-bes. And Arabs disdain them for this....'

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