Sometime in the distant past, there were a great many stories in the MSM about a well planned, carefully orchestrated attack upon multiple, vulnerable civilian targets in Mumbai by a group of highly trained Islamic terrorists. They singled out American…

I apologize in advance for taking advantage of welcome extended to an Indian (that is myself). That said,

1. We Indians are tremendously pissed off. Mainly at Pakistan.

2.However there is no danger of Pakistan and India going to war. The danger of this escalating into nuclear exchange is too great. Forget the noise.

3.Now your concern about US succeeding in Afghanistan are understandable. Also mess of Pakistan is something which India has to tackle, however your failure to realize Indian anger is disappointing.

4 What however is most alarming is inability of Americans to realize how severe a threat Pakistan poses to US.

Again apology for any offense.

Regards
4.

President-elect Barack Obama must deal quickly and boldly with Afghanistan. But doing so will require an early initiative to help Pakistan and India settle their differences on Kashmir. The problems of Afghanistan and Pakistan are inseparable. But Pakistan’s ability to deal with the Taliban and other extremists on its western border is hampered by its preoccupation with India, its traditional adversary to the east. India has resisted U.S. mediation on Kashmir in the past, but the growing U.S.-India strategic relationship may now make American involvement possible.

One intriguing model for Kashmir is the 1998 Belfast agreement, which established a web of overlapping institutions that have allowed the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland to in effect share sovereignty over Northern Ireland — and end decades of deep- seated violence.

– Meghan O’Sullivan, former deputy national security adviser for Iraq and Afghanistan, 2005-07; lecturer at the Belfer Center, Harvard University

Thanks much to the Washington Post for tracking her down. Where are you now, Dr. O’Sullivan? Perhaps we should track you like the US Navy did some CNN news anchoress in the 1990s…

I hope that they did not waterboard that poor guy.

Johan Klaus

Waterboarding is too good for him. Hanging is too good for him. He should be torn into little tiny pieces and buried alive.

Not only does that make it more difficult for NATO to succeed in its mission, it interferes with NATO’s lines of communication in Pakistan.

Ha ha ha Ed! That’s a funny joke! NATO succeed! You really had me on that one.

including a confession from the surviving conspirator:

I hope that they did not waterboard that poor guy.

I just hope the BJP can win the next election in India. The Congress Party is as delusional about the muslims as the Democrats and George Bush are here in America.

Of course, I doubt that even the BJP leadership thinks seriously about just how evil Islam is.

thuja on January 6, 2009 at 10:06 AM

I respectfully disagree. India is probably the most realistic of the worlds nations regarding the potential for the radical Islam threat from within (maybe Nigeria a close second), and they have the bi-annual Hindu-Mulsim bloodbaths to prove it. While some of the parties might have slightly different viewpoints on the matter, let’s not compare the utterly dillusional Democratic Party apologist mindset towards domestic/foreign terror with any mainstream Indian political party. That let’s the Dems and domestic left off way too lightly.

If Vice-Jester Biden were predicting a specific crisis to test Obama in his first six months, and predicting only one such crisis, which would he choose?

1. Israel’s invasion of Gaza
2. War between India and Pakistan over Mumbai
3. Russia cutting off natural gas to the Ukraine
4. Somali pirate attack on oil supertanker
5. Iran demonstrating a nuclear bomb
6. Hezbollah attacking Israel
7……

Oh, wait, some of those things are already happening.

NeighborhoodCatLady on January 6, 2009 at 10:15 AM

I think only no. 1 was predictable at the time of Slow Joe’s statement. It was clear to serious analysts that Hamas was not going to renew the “truce” aka “dig tunnels under houses and stock up on rockets”. I believe that Joe (being privy to Israli secret breifings to the Bush administration) meant that the US would let Israel punish Hamas with a Gaza incursion to the tune of many many weeks. During that time (and you can see the media screams after only a few days) he was referring to the unbelievable pressure that Obama would be under to broker a premature cease-fire.

Now, looking at events today, it already looks like Israel is getting ready to cave (again), so maybe Obama get’s a pass on this one. However, your nos. 2 through 6 are entirely possible at this juncture.

kingsjester on January 6, 2009 at 10:18 AM

Perish the thought! :)

Vice-Jester Biden

I’m stealing that.

Now, you’re not saying the “The One” (looks around to make sure no one’s listening) has Middle Eastern connections/benefactors. Are you?

Obarfy is there now, in spirit. In fact his heavenly and majestic presence is around all of us; protecting, watching, guiding.

Amen.

1. Israel’s invasion of Gaza
2. War between India and Pakistan over Mumbai
3. Russia cutting off natural gas to the Ukraine
4. Somali pirate attack on oil supertanker
5. Iran demonstrating a nuclear bomb
6. Hezbollah attacking Israel
7……

Oh, wait, some of those things are already happening.

kingsjester on January 6, 2009 at 10:10 AM

The thought of him finding Bin laden bothers me greatly. He would have to know where he is, and the question would then be – when did he know?

Probably to divert attention from his Domestic Policies.

But, his reasoning was to find Bin Laden.

Barry has said he would go in if needed.

kingsjester on January 6, 2009 at 9:41 AM

To attack, or to help?

Of course, I doubt that even the BJP leadership thinks seriously about just how evil Islam is.

“Herrooo, dees is Cheester…you havva probrem wit yoo caber inteerneet? I hep you right now, okey fine?”

Jaibones on January 6, 2009 at 9:48 AM

a stopped clock is right twice a day

even if Biden was speaking in a conjectural sense, given the unprecedented level of turmoil in the world right now you can bet an “incident” will occur in the time frame he specified

I am imagining it, and almost to the point of predicting it.

Vashta.Nerada on January 6, 2009 at 9:50 AM

That was my point. It would be something Obambi would do, and the right would be howling with fury.

Good call, MC, but there’s no way to win a numbers game once Grandma goes down in the basement and wakes up the Kos Kids.

Jaibones on January 6, 2009 at 9:50 AM

Half the Kos Kids are busy voting for HuffPo. Nothing like splitting the opposition.