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Why the American War on Terror is Failing Miserably

Bhaskar Dasgupta November 17, 2007

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#234 Posted by zeemax on November 23, 2007 10:16:59 am
#233 Posted by hamidm2,

I admire your finally coming around to read the writing on the wall.

But there's still hope. There's always hope. The civil society street movement is taking off headed by who else but the reasonably Islamist ex-TV anchors like Hamid Mir and Talat Hussain ...

Let's see if the kanjars finally choose which side they're on!
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#233 Posted by hamidm2 on November 23, 2007 9:58:03 am
Re: # 230

bubba,

... what executive branch?.... which legislature and what judiciary? ....... the british left sixty years ago and we need to drop those pretentious trappings of civilization and return to our roots ...... you cannot put on a cummberband, riase your glass and make a toast ... rooh afza is not a substitute for scotch ....... there is no point in going on with this laughable charade ........

ameer ul momineen mullah fazlullah zindabad!
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#232 Posted by zeemax on November 23, 2007 9:46:30 am
#226 Posted by tahmed32,

tahmed32, Nawaz Sharif is the closest to the people of this country. If you had heard his speech upon his resignation after the dismissal by GHK and SC restoration, you would know what I'm talking about.

Did you hear that speech?
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#231 Posted by hamidm2 on November 23, 2007 9:43:07 am
Re: # 229

tahmed,

... you are a pretty smart guy - i am just trying to point out that there are no 'saviours' in pakistan because we don't have any - not one - honest man (or woman) ..... it is in our genes, culture, whatever ......

.......... ever wonder why there is no democracy of rule of law in any muslim country from morocco to indonesia ? ....... you might want to look for some, not all, answers in the 'constitution' of mecca and medina and the nepotism of the abominable four and his successors, the sauds ........
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#230 Posted by bubba on November 23, 2007 9:40:11 am
Re: # 228 Posted by hamidm2 on November 23, 2007 9:00:07 am

sad to see you, of all people, posting such thoughts.

[the supreme court was trying to establish yet another state within the state], but the executive branch was busy stealing Pakistan. Did you not know that? Since when has challenging the corrupt executive branch of the government wrong.
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#229 Posted by tahmed32 on November 23, 2007 9:07:07 am
#228 hamidm: i never claimed to be smart. so i dont need to fall in line. And if I had ambitions of being a "somebody" in Pakistan, I wouldnt be wasting time on chowk. btw, I dont think you need a job in Pakistan either, and are sucking up to the "rising sun" for nothing.
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#228 Posted by hamidm2 on November 23, 2007 9:00:07 am
Re: # 226

tahmed,

....... i am fascinated by your fascination with the supreme court ..... it was beginning to display the same 'feudal' characteristics as the army, benazir or nawaz sharif by taking suo-moto notice of anything and everything under the sun .... in fact, like mullah fazlulah, the kanjars of lal masjid and the goons in khaki, the supreme court was trying to establish yet another state within the state .......... we are all the same - kanjaroon and havayoon ........

........ trust me, it is going to be deja vu all over again .......... f you were smart, you too would fall in line - maybe like dr nasim ashraf you can get something out of the next round of bandar baant ........
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#227 Posted by tahmed32 on November 23, 2007 8:50:01 am
hamidm: Sure you are a nobody in Pakistan. So am I and everyone else. That is all the more reason for you not to kow-tow to the "rising sun" and try to see things in Pakistan in a more rational way.

PS: even mush is a nobody - except he doesnt know that. since in due course we will all be worm's meal, having misspent the little time we had to rant around.
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#226 Posted by tahmed32 on November 23, 2007 8:46:13 am
zeemax: Focus on the system, not the individual. Under today's corrupt system (thanks to Musharraf's destroying the Supreme Court), Nawaz Sharif (or any other individual) may very well end up playing another Shaukat Aziz.
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#225 Posted by hamidm2 on November 23, 2007 8:13:19 am


ISLAMABAD, Nov 1, 2008: Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto appointed Imran Khan as Chief Dog Catcher of Pakistan and Retd. CJ Iftikhar Chaudhary as his deputy. The cermemony at the PM House was attended by Leader of the Opposition, Mian Nawaz Sharif, Mullah Fazal ur Rehman, the CM of NWFP and Chaudhary Mohsin Elahi, the Chief Minister of Punjab.

President Musharraf congratulated Imran Khan on his appointment and sent him a lollipop. He also sent a lollipop to Mr. Tahmed and Mr Ayaz Amir as a consolation prize. Mr Tahmed continues to cry inconsolably.
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#224 Posted by zeemax on November 23, 2007 7:56:53 am
A prophetic post by my most revered interactor, ever, on Chowk. Roohi Allah Ditta aka RoohiAD who regretfully stayed only for two months.

Again, Desperate Times
Posted by RoohiAD Dec 22, 1999 12:31 am
GET LOST GENERAL MUTTERRAF

Your economic package was a total disappointment, and so was you attempted accountability. It is time for military to leave honourably restoring Nawaz Sharif`s government. Read the writing on the wall, general Mutterraf your kins will not find your remains if you dealy your departure. Leave at once.

Roohi A Ditta
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#223 Posted by zeemax on November 23, 2007 7:27:58 am
#222 Posted by hamidm2,

hamidm2, the sequence is as follows:

1)mootarraf begs saudia to ask Nawaz not to boycott and in return he will allow Shahbaz and Kulsoom to return.

2)Saudi regrets they cannot retain Nawaz anymore and he will have to return if he wants.

3)Compromise is reached that all of Nawaz family will return but Nawaz will not contest elections.

I believe Nawaz agreed in the best interest of the country. Godspeed to him. It is better that there is no further chaos, and I'm sure he took that into account.
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#222 Posted by hamidm2 on November 23, 2007 6:45:47 am


let the games begin .... tahmed, eat your heart out!

ISLAMABAD: Former premier Nawaz Sharif has secured an agreement with Saudi Arabia to let him return to Pakistan, PML President Chaudhry Shujaat said on Thursday. “There is some deal” with Saudi authorities for Nawaz to come back, said Shujaat. He told Dawn News that Nawaz would be back in Pakistan before the general elections despite President Musharraf’s resistance. “We are ready to face him and he has to face the people,” Shujaat told Dawn News. ap

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#221 Posted by hamidm2 on November 23, 2007 6:18:06 am
Re: # 220

tahmed,

........ i just checked with the pakistani people to see if they were upset at hamidm's support for president musharraf ........ they said "hamidm, who?"

....... look mian, who am i to oppose mushy when everyone including benazir, nawaz sharif, maulana fazloo, arif pan-wala and moodah kasai say he is okay ...... i don't want to be be the laughing stock of the world by standing with fools like imran khan and the droopy eyed chief justice ........

president musharraf zindabad!
brett favre zindabad!
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#220 Posted by tahmed32 on November 23, 2007 4:01:28 am
Mr. Madani: Like you, Hamidm also thinks Musharraf is a "rising sun" (at least for next few years).

And I ask this of you: "Since when is it right for a man to do salaam to the "chartha sooraj"? Musharraf may be around another few years (or he may not). But one day, sure as the sun sets in the west, he too will be gone. And you and Hamidm and everyone else who has abandoned the Pakistani people and all those brave Pakistanis fighting for freedom from military rule can then sing this for the rest of your lives:

Jafar az Bengal
Sadiq az Deccan
Nang-e Adam
Nang-e Deen
Nang-e Watan!!
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#219 Posted by ahmedmadani on November 22, 2007 9:28:18 pm
Re: # 217 I was wonder if good "bengal type" cat is possible to be brought, they are beautiful cats and hard to get, not mixed race breed real bengal cat with good tiger strips. Also from Hyderbad has very good figher Khaboors nile with ring in eyes. I will make inquiry as they should be Authentic. sorry just came in mind. probaly there must be restriction. forget it.
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