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| India-Pakistan |
| Nairobi drama and a lesson |
| 2013-10-09 |
[Dawn] THE Nairobi drama holds a lesson or two for Pakistain, especially when we see the differences between Al-Shabaab ... the personification of Somali state failure... and the Pak Taliban. The duration of Al-Shabaab's control of the Westgate mall and the planning that went into the attack show in unmistakable terms the extent of Al-Shabaab's military prowess, the unimpaired existence of its command and control structure and its ability to recruit more people to its cause despite the heavy military reverses of 2011. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 these heroes of whatever mutated perverted form of Islam they claim to practice, Dunno Bill, they seem to adhere pretty directly to plain old undiluted straight from the Koran and Haddith type Islam. Got any good reason to think different? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-10-09 15:52 |
| #3 WE have to be perfect to avoid a terrorist act. The terrorists can and are willing to initiate 100 terrorist schemes to have one succeed...they only have to succeed ONCE to make their point. Or said another say, we cannot win the game by playing defense. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-10-09 13:34 |
| #2 Too bad they outlawed napalm. That would be an excellent weapon against the Taliban in their mountain caves... This is almost "Captain Obvious" stuff. Every major terrorist "success" was preceded by a major intelligence lapse by some bureaucratic drone that prevented obvious indications of an event being ignored. WE have to be perfect to avoid a terrorist act. The terrorists can and are willing to initiate 100 terrorist schemes to have one succeed...they only have to succeed ONCE to make their point. Most interestingly, these heroes of whatever mutated perverted form of Islam they claim to practice, are hitting soft targets, unarmed civilians, girls at a middle school, a medical clinic, unarmed aide workers, women and children at the market, in all cases they are COWARDS and most likely psychopaths acting out their crazed desires for killing. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2013-10-09 12:32 |
| #1 Saturation bombing of the Taliban-ruled 'havens' will merely mean a waste of ammunition, Sure, but howzabout swarms of autonomous killbots prowling, waiting, and watching... |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-10-09 00:09 |