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“The US has been completely ineffective in the war against terror – the attacks increase every year in scope and volume. Despite all the tough talk, the political ass covering, even the long lines at the air port – the philosophy is completely inept.”

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I completely agree with you. Now, 4 years later, despite the capture and killing of Osama Bin Laden, you only have to look back through 4 years of news footage to see the staggering amount of US ineptitude that has unfolded since 2008.

No other options are even remotely viable so he spews out moronic strawman scenarios and then proudly claims that you obviously support them. …When did I say anything about deliberate?

When did I say that W was my Hero or that he was waging the war on Islamic Jihad effectively? Who is building strawmen here?

Don’t worry, Obama is now president, and we will go back to fighting terrorism like we fight drugs…Just as John Kerry said, that terrorism was a “nuisance like prostitution or gambling.” Those killer drugs that pop out of nowhere and consciously fly planes into buildings in the name of Allah.

Terrence, was it a mistake for America to invade Afghanistan and remove the Taliban from power? Whether or not the strategy or tactics were effective, was it right to try? Because we had to go to war to do it. Do you support the war in Afghanistan? Michael Moore and Ralph Nader do not. Do you?

When did I say anything about deliberate? The problem is that your idiot hero W didn’t care what they were doing with the money nor ever check and you refuse to hold him or yourself (for repeatedly voting for him and blindly worshipping him) responsible. As for the rest of your drivel, anyone smart enough to see that Bush is a complete failure is not some kind of nutcase. Actually, anyone too stupid to realize that everything he tried failed miserably probably is.

So instead of anything even remotely resembling reality, you blither forth this gem.

and then you say this:

I guess you think handing out billions to a terroist supporting brutal dictator equals diplomacy

So it is realty that the Bush administration went to Musharaf , and now Zadari and says, “take this money and use it only to fund Islamic terrorism. Do not use it to fight them.” That’s reality? Whatever they are trying may not be working, but you really think the United States is deliberately funding Islamic terrorists in Pakistan? Are you one of these 9/11 conspiracy theorists who thinks the Bush administration worked with the Bin Laden family to take down the WTC?

How do you suggest the United States address the situation of Islamic terrorists who base themselves in Pakistan and launch attacks globally? Should we work with the leadership of Pakistan to help them fight the terrorists in their midst, or does Pakistan need a decade of sanctions or a regime change like Saddam Hussein? Or do we not do anything and hope terrorists will like us better and leave us alone? You really have to pick one of those. If there is another alternative let me know.

“Either America cuts off all foreign aid and diplomatic ties to every Islamic country in the world, or we invade all of them militarily. Those must be the only solutions. Or we could just accept terrorism as an inevitability and blame ourselves and die. Geoplolitics is so damn simple.”– So instead of anything even remotely resembling reality, you blither forth this gem.

Bottom line, if you could hear anything but your own droning horse manure, is that we should try actual diplomacy instead of bribery and support of terrorist scum.

Now, resume your tired rants of talking points that have failed so miserably over and over and over again.

Either America cuts off all foreign aid and diplomatic ties to every Islamic country in the world, or we invade all of them militarily. Those must be the only solutions. Or we could just accept terrorism as an inevitability and blame ourselves and die. Geoplolitics is so damn simple.

Oh ya, and its not the Islamists fault themselves, it is Bush’s fault because Pakistani Muslims can never be held morally responsible for what they do because they have no capacity to be inspired by fanatic religious ideology. Only white people or Jews like Bush and Ariel Sharon have the intelectual capacity for that kind of thing.

…I don’t want to hear another word about talking with Iran coming out of your keyboard.

“Pakistan is the one doing wrong here, because every Pakistani authority figure knows exactly where the problem is coming from and completely refuses to do anything about it”

Jimmy, did it occur to you that the reason both of those statements are true is because of the blithering idiot in the white house handing untold billions to the terrorist supporting government of Pakistan? You know the guy, you worship and adore him, voted for him twice and would again in a heartbeat. Maybe you should shut your yap since your votes directly caused this problem.

On the question of whether India is ready to strike Pakistan or not, i think this would be one of the biggest political and military blunders of the century. We don’t want war but if war is imposed on us then we are ready to defend our motherland till the last drop of blood in our bodies. Living peacefully with our neighbours has always been the desire of this nation but this should not be considered as our weakness in any way. Talking of surgical strikes on Pakistani soil suits well to those suffering from mania but any sensible person would not even think of this because of its dire consequences. Any such attempt would mean a full blown war between the two countries. Pakistan and India are two nuclear states now and the war of today would be very different from those fought in the past and can resullt in complete devastation for both countries and the whole region. So my advice to those planning surgical strikes inside Pakistani territory is that, they should refrain from commiting such a blunder otherwise the magnitude of retaliation would be such that Indians would remember it for centuries to come.

At the end i hope good sense would prevail on both sides and both countries would stop this blame game and learn to live happily together because a war would bring nothing but misery to the poor people of both the countries.

My point is that I’m just sick of people requiring that one must maintain his victimhood status in order have “moral authority;” that countries like America, Israel, India, or even Thailand should not fight back against the source of wanton destruction in the name of Allah, because “thats just what the terrorists want you to do.” F#%k that.

Pakistan is the one doing wrong here, because every Pakistani authority figure knows exactly where the problem is coming from and completely refuses to do anything about it as long as the targets are external. The only reason why India should restrain from direct military action is a tactical, not a moral one. Are there other more diplomatic ways to coax the Pakistani government to perform its solemn duty as a sovereign nation and persecute the trans-national terrorists in their midst? Well, try them. Because, in the end, if Pakistan doesn’t get its ass in gear and do what its supposed to do, then India, as well as every other country who is plagued by Islamic terrorism rooted there has the moral authority to do it for them.

India will lose the moral high ground if it does (unless Singh can’t keep the hawks in his administration tethered). Imagine a Sikh dressed up like a cowboy but instead of a cowboy hat he’s wearing a turban saying “wanted dead or alive”.

Don’t worry, Terrence. Only a few more mass murders by Pakistani terror groups operating with impunity within Pakistan, unmolested by their own government which has already been significantly infiltrated by Islamists, and India will get the message.

Don’t push back you might create “instablility” (Instability within the Indian populace who live in fear of the next terror attack doesn’t count). Meanwhile, India must address the root causes of terrorism, like the occupation of Palestine, offensive cartoons, and…well..being Hindu, and all the violence will, at least become manageable, or not.