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| Reluctant rulers - Why Israel is hard and India is soft on islamist terror |
| 2006-07-18 |
| Prafull Goradia analyses why India is soft towards Islamist terror, while Israel leaves no stone unturned to retaliate against jihadi violence Having arrived in Mumbai from London on July 5, 2006, Isaac Armstrong, professionally a computer expert, flew into Delhi on the night of the terrorist carnage on Western Railway. We happened to meet on the following day. Being half Jewish, he had interest in Islamic affairs and got talking without my posing many questions. The way to handle them is shown by Israel. In order to recover one abducted soldier, eight ministers and 20 legislators, including the Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister have been captured. For the Lebanese seizing two soldiers, Israel has invaded their country. But for the strong will of its rulers, a small country like Israel could not have survived on the huge Arabian landmass. Mr Armstrong confessed that had they possessed the same will power earlier, the Nazis could not have slaughtered six million jews. |
| Posted by:john |
| #5 Meanwhile on the LOC, Indian troops just wait.. |
| Posted by: john 2006-07-18 19:47 |
| #4 VS Naipaul is a clever fellow. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2006-07-18 19:29 |
| #3 Of course, when the terrorist supporting state has half a million men in its army, a modern airforce and navy, PLUS nuclear armed cruise and ballistic missiles, the reaction of the victim state will be constrained. Nukes provide Pakistan with the strategic space within which it can use jihadi terror. |
| Posted by: john 2006-07-18 17:26 |
| #2 Despite amputation, a festering sore is still present, and I somehow hope one day it will be cauterized one way or an another. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-07-18 14:09 |
| #1 The struggle is on to turn India into a dar-ul Islam where the writ of the sharia' would run. That would have happened earlier had there been no Partition. Undivided India would be already 40 per cent Muslim. Qaid-e-Azam Jinnah spoilt it all. By now a popularly elected sultan would have been ruling in Delhi. VS Naipaul likened the partition of India to the amputation of a gangrene infected limb. He said that all Indian cities would now look like Kararchi, were it not for partition. |
| Posted by: john 2006-07-18 06:11 |