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2011-03-13 India-Pakistan

George Fulton's failed love affair with Pakistan

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Posted by 2011-03-13 15:12|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 After 1971 when the idea of Pakistan as a country for the Muslims of the subcontinent failed,

That failed long before, in 1947, at the very creation of Pakistan when more Muslims choose India over Pakistan.Take away the hatred of the Hindu and the obsession with Islam and Pakistan ceases to exist.

Posted by john frum 2011-03-13 16:17|| 2011-03-13 16:17|| Front Page Top

#2 And what's left is a nation of 177 million people, half the population of the United States, turning into an Israel-less Gaza Strip.

It is as it has always been. Either civilization wins, or the brutalitarian barbarians win. In each case, a bloodbath results. But if civilization wins, nobody but foolish naives mourn the loss of the barbarians.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-03-13 18:26|| 2011-03-13 18:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Pakistanis are divided by caste, ethnicity and religion...

Caste seems to be rarely mentioned in the litany of Pakistan's ills. IIUC India has gone much further in turning these social divisions off.

Posted by Free Radical 2011-03-13 22:16|| 2011-03-13 22:16|| Front Page Top

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