Posted on 07/12/2006 8:13:05 AM PDT by An_Indian
It was infuriating to hear PBS insist on calling the carnage 'political killings'. When the same 'political killers' are tortured, it is called 'atrocities'.
Which side are these newspeople on??
I would then like to see a BJP led government with Narendra Modi as Home minister. That will wipe out any traitors among us.
As for Pakistan, just get the Indian Airforce mobilised one evening and nuke the shit out of all their military installations that we are aware of. The war should begin and end only when we have achieved the de-militarization of Pakistan. If the country must exist, fine. But there should never be any army for this country. Not in the next 50 years.
I cant believe they called it that. How can this be called a political killing? Its unthinkable.
I just dont understand how SIMI or LET or any such organization is able to recruit in India. Who are these people willing to blow up fellow citizens?
I agree that Pakistan has become what Japan was in ww2. A failed state with a fanatic military.
I dont know if any of you noticed this but there is a pattern here. I find every time Mush is unsatisfied with the "peace" process he seems to give a warning and an attack follows. Look at this.
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200606301540.htm
Recently he has been frustrated because he hasnt got concessions in Siachen etc. So this is the way he reminds us what his powers are. Terrorism is the only leverage he has and the only way to bring focus back on kashmir. There is no question that regardless of who pressed the trigger, Mush called the shots here.
When SIMI shunned the moderate tag
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5922_1742653,0015002500030000.htm
Bump, excellent.
LJ, the heroes of the Mahabharat were, without exception, very flawed individuals. We should hardly advocate emulating them.
There are other Indians on this very thread who took great pleasure on vilifying Narendra Modi.
I have been hard on some of you indian posters here because of India's link to russia who along with china wants our destruction. I just want you guys to know that the US does stand with you all. We only deal with the Paks because of Afghanistan(we have no other option as it is a land locked country). We dont like them and we will drop them like a hot potato once operations conclude there. Now is the time democracies need to form a solid alliance again the cancer in our world known as islam/china/ and dictatorships. God bless you all.
again=against
bloody typos
Thanks for the support Mark. This type of alliance is inevitable. Democracies will not survive this war if they dont support each other.
Now if only Indian govt. takes US into confidence and conducts surgical strikes at terror camps in Pakistan esp. Pak controlled Kashmir! Thats the only possible step at this point. And it will serve as deterrent or atleast terrorists will know that there will be repercussions to their actions. And if US is on our side, half the countries in the world will support us, no will dare to question us except offcourse for arabs and chicoms. Maybe this just wishful thinking on my part. The muslim appeasement party in power in India right now, will never take such a bold step. :(
Prayers for India bump.
Without exception? I wonder what Mahabharata edition you've read. Yudishthir? Arjuna? Bhishma? Flawed?
Do you remember how the Mahabharata ends? The pandavas climb the ? (can't remember the name) mountain, and each one dies in turn. Yudhistra asks why, and a litany of crimes and misdeeds is read out. Finally, it is Yudhistra and a dog alone, and Yudhistra also dies. His biggest crime - gambling. Only the dog (Vishnu, if I remember correctly) manages to reach the top. They all ultimately ascend to 'heaven' but not before paying their dues. All were flawed.
The beauty of Mahabharata, apart from the prose, is in fact the fallibility of its characters. The foibles were created so that the common man/woman can identify with the characters, and learn lessons on how to overcome their weaknesses.
I guess you're thinking of the Mahabharata as myth. Vyasadeva wrote it as a history. Literal truth, which is how I read it. The faults of the Pandavas were so minor, so trifling, that their falling at the end was to instruct us to correct out own lives.
Krishna told Arjuna on the battlefield that he had godly character (15th chapter Bhagavad Gita). And that He (Krishna) and Arjuna had taken birth many times in the past; that Arjuna is the eternally liberated companion of Bhagavan Krishna.
I can't believe you think that the Pandavas - or Bhishma - are terribly flawed persons.
Its been a while since I read it - so my recollection of Bhisma is a bit fuzzy. But I do think of the Pandavas as flawed - in fact, their actions are echoed in modern day India. How many times did the sons of Kuru try to kill them? And their reaction? Until pushed to the wall, they kept forgiving. Reminds me of Rana Pratap vs Ghazni, and India vs Pakistan. In the end, their inaction, or belated action, led to the destruction of the entire Yadava dynasty (though, it is said that that was Krishna's plan all along, and this was just a mechanism to make that happen, but that is another story).
We do disagree on Indian mythologies - I consider them as fiction, whereas you don't.
cheers
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