Cgal. I agree this nation is not the one our forefathers created and our ancestors fought for it has allowed the perverted systems of tyranny to take over the minds of a hundred million people at least. Hell, tens of millions don’t give enough of a shiite to even vote. It has been seduced by materialism and is oblivious to the real depth of misery and suffering which the majority of the world faces every day. It has been bought off by pleasure and will fall to a disciplined and ascetic fanatic religion unless major changes in the psychic of the entire nation.
This attack demonstrates the continuing ability to divide al Queda’s enemies and its true depth is generally unrecognized. The targets here were multiple and as much directed AT Pakistan as anything.
If Indian-Pakistani relations become sufficently conflicted the pressure on al-Queda in the NW Territories (terrorism’s homeland) is reduced. Pakistan has suffered ten times the number of terrorist attacks as has India, it should be recalled.
Any weakening of Pakistan decreases the pressure on al Queda and makes waging the War on Terror in Afganistan that much harder. This attack was an attack on our war effort in its second aspect.
In a third aspect it attacked India in its financial heart.
It was as brilliantly conceived as 911. Dividing al Queda’s enemies, causing billions of dollars in loses and dominating the world stage for days. Recall the decision to use Saudis in 911 did enormous damage to relations between two longstanding allies.
While I agree with much of your statement, I do want to remind all that the 19 hijackers had Saudi passports, but at that time, it was possible to go through SA, and get a ‘visa’ for student purposes. I believe that at least some of the hijackers were from elsewhere.
It’s like the ‘musicians’ incident that caused people to walk of an airplane rather than fly with ME types in a bunch. Where exactly they were from and what they were remains dubious. It took a relentless blogger to bring it to the fore and get it into wide discussion.
I don’t even want to go into John Doe #2.
So, here, the origin and connections of the Mumbai terrorists is something for us to pay attention to. Not the cover story, but what’s between the lines.