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it depends on what you believe in. that's what conflict means : people have different beliefs and insist on applying them. if you believe the united states represents the power of the devil on earth then you go make a glorious sacrifice. go blow yourself in a mosque full of people or the...

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pakistan is a leaderless powerless defeated country. as such you dont have the capacity to negotiate with the taliban or the united states. this is blindingly obvious.

if there were no al quaida it would have to be created. in fact the previous generation of revolutionary terrorists were secular and socialist. you reap what you sow. you treat your fellow citizens less fortunate than you as property. that's the original sin. does islam teach you to be...

for all you know the mosque attack was ordered by bin laden himself. it would not be a break from family tradition if that were true as i tried to demonstrate. when you deprive people of their dignity they will often react in such a way as to deprive themselves of whatever remaining...

terrorism is a tactic. so when you call them terrorists you are just describing the tactic they are using, and this does not explain much. pakistan is a country full of exploited people who have been cheated out of the means to better themselves. al quaida gives them a gun and they feel like...

in fact blowing up the mosque worshippers might be an effective recruiting tool for al quaida to go have people go blow up americans. i dont know how you win this one. im not optimistic.

Muslim anti-American demonstrations followed in the Philippines, Turkey, Bangladesh, India, eastern Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan.[28] Anger fueled by these rumors peaked within hours in Islamabad, Pakistan, and on November 21, 1979, the day following the takeover, the U.S...

blowing up the mosque in pakistan and taking over the mosque in mecca are based on the same motivation. its the same idea.

killing people and taking hostages in the mosque is part of your culture. Seizure In the early morning of November 20, 1979, the imam of the Grand Mosque, Sheikh Mohammed al-Subayil, was preparing to lead the prayers for the fifty thousand worshipers who had gathered for the first prayer...

who does "our leaders" refer to? who would have the authority to defy the americans or the taliban? the government of pakistan will take a compromise position depending on different forces that pressure it. the government of pakistan does not formulate policy. that would be like letting...

what does it portend? a new ultimatum. there are 2 questions. what is an appropriate policy? who decides? who has the power to decide what? i remember obama during the campaign saying he would go right into pakistan no matter what the pakistanis said. he also chose to disregard...

quote : When President Musharraf says that Pakistan cannot have a democracy and human rights like West, do you agree with him? Ans: This is absolute nonsense. The ordinary people of Pakistan can decide as intelligently about their political future as an average American or people from...

the government of pakistan and the system of government in pakistan is NOT CAPABLE of solving the problems facing it. this is a fact. it's not a gratuitously offensive thing to say: it is the truth. the pakistani army has been defeated. the political system is in shambles. the economy...

pakistan cannot be governed by pakistanis. its not a close question. the pakistani government and system of government is totally discredited internally and externally and is paralyzed permanently. that being the case and since there is no hope... you will be ruled from washington. there...