[rmlew]

“Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers” is a quote from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the AKP. We aren't taking Pakistan, but a NATO country trying to enter Europe. And it is the EU push that has been the problem. The quote is from a poem, for which Erdogan was jailed in the past. However, the EU and the US pushed for democratizing reforms in Turkey, suppressing the power of the military and of the courts to militantly defend the secular regime.

I hope you enjoy your knife, but I don't find the martial skills of the increasingly Islamist and nuclear armed Pakistan reassuring.

[sergeantdave]

Thanks for the background info on your tagline.

Commenting on the workmanship of a skilled artisan has nothing to do with Pakistan’s nuclear weapons. My observation is non-political and simply an appreciation of a craftsman’s work.