[Dawn] Death and dialogue cannot go together. Those who kill civilians, as in Sunday's church attack, and hit out at the military, as they did by killing a very senior army official a few days ago, are the enemies of both the society and the state. Their cause is nothing except inflicting wanton damage and destruction, in order to cow down the people and overtake the state. Their aims are nothing but running blood-shod over the collective will of the people of Pakistain, as expressed in consecutive elections and the constitution of the country. They are mass murderers, dangerous criminals and treacherous outlaws who must be fought against and brought to book. They are rebels without a cause.
What is it that the government wants to talk to the Taliban about? Are they fighting for the protection and preservation of the human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... of a particular community? No matter, how hard Imran Khan Continued on Page 49
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How do these people who write for Dawn stay alive?
[Dawn] IN a country plagued by terrorist attacks that have claimed the lives of leaders, ordinary people and the more vulnerable citizens, each tragedy is painful and emotionally draining.
But every new attack proves that the emotional exhaustion is finite while the anger and outrage is not.
[Dawn] EVEN for a country where tragedy and savagery are now the norm rather than the exception, Sunday's attack on Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. 's All Saints Church was a new low. For years now, citizens and law enforcement personnel have faced a tidal wave of violence and extremism, with no let-up in sight. Yet the helplessness of the citizenry continues to be matched by that of the state, both at the federal and provincial levels. The state has been unable to work out an adequate response mechanism or crisis mitigation measures that could reduce the extent of the suffering. Pakistain has effectively been in a state of war for years now. Unfortunately, in terms of organization, the country seems to be taking matters as though it were business as usual -- at a tremendous cost to the people.
If there is any doubt about this assertion, consider the systemic vulnerabilities exposed by the recent bombings in Peshawar. According to statistics, this year alone Peshawar division has seen more than 230 hard boy attacks. It would have been reasonable to expect that, through the years, the provincial administration would have evolved a set of workable strategies that included beefing up the capacity of government-run healthcare centres to ensure the timely deployment of ambulances as well as increased staff and emergency equipment. This would have been a most basic mitigation measure in an area beset by high levels of violence. Yet this has not proved to be the case. Sunday's victims were rushed to the Lady Reading Hospital, but there were few doctors and nurses to attend to the crisis, nor was there any level of organization -- even though each time there is an act of terrorism in Peshawar, this is the first hospital to which the victims are rushed. True, this recent atrocity was perpetrated on a weekend when many doctors may have been on leave. But even so, the trajectory of violence demands that the city and its institutions be in a better state of preparedness.
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In November of last year, I wrote an article for Fox News called The War on Men (which I subsequently expanded to an eBook). To keep it pithy, in the piece I focused on one effect of this war: the lack of marriageable men. But theres so much more to it. The truth is, men have become second-class citizens.
The most obvious proof is male bashing in the media. It is rampant and irrefutable. From sit-coms and commercials that portray dad as an idiot to biased news reports about the state of American men, males are pounced on left and right. And thats just the beginning.
The war on men actually begins in grade school, where boys are at a distinct disadvantage. Not only are curriculums centered on girls, rather than boys, interests, the emphasis in these grades is on sitting still at a desk. I see signs of this sh*t beginning in Israel
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The urbanists are crashing the military establishment right now. There's a reason when they wrote the Constitution that military law was to be separate from civil law. It's just not like civilian life but with uniforms. After they muck it all up, they'll face a harsh reality that means re-instituting the selective service. That's when it'll all collapse. Why should anyone so abused die to keep the clowns in power? War, there's always been war. It'll come around. War doesn't care about 'equality or fairness'. War is about survival and power.
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P2k yes, You want to know a secret. Men go their merry way. TV trash of male bashing is not viewed by men in my opinion. Media has lost their audience. Truck sales are strongest ever. Girl y cars are for girls. The unemployment and underemployment for women this time has hit them hard. Actually for awhile now. Putin is popular among men because he is what appears to be an alpha male. Women love Obama. They can have him. Men are the same over the years. Women now act like men and dress like men. It is women who have become slaves to our elite political class. No children, no family, just work or receive government handouts. Lack of marriageable men, no. It is a choice. Who needs the problems. The men I know are great marriageable men. Too many problems. Too much baggage. Too many demands. They are quite happy. Don't forget all is against the man in a family. No support. An easy target. This will run its course. Men will be men as always. Population decline will be the far greater issue. Those who support family will live on. Those who fight the natural course of things will die off. Time, give it time. It will pass.
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