In cold blood: Taliban gun down couple for “adultery” in Pakistan
posted at 6:18 pm on April 26, 2009 by Allahpundit
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Coming soon to Islamabad, a shining example of the glories of shari’a. This is the second cell-phone video of Taliban brutality this month to “shock” Pakistan; the uproar over the first was sufficient to merit a story in the NYT. How is it, I wonder, that people who share a country with these degenerates are more surprised by their behavior than I am? This is who they are, and this is what they do. It’s one thing for Americans to have been sleepwalking about jihadism before 9/11 considering that it was almost entirely an overseas phenomenon, but what’s Pakistan’s excuse?
Too late now, in any case.
Islamabad’s defences are being hurriedly fortified, with paramilitary troops stationed on the Margalla Hills, which overlook the city from the West. In the capital, there are thousands of followers of the radical Red Mosque, where there are now open calls for Islamic revolution at the weekly Friday prayers.
“The Taliban will not stop at Swat. They will come towards Islamabad,” said Hasan Askari Rizvi, a military analyst based in Lahore. “If the army is to take action against them, it is going to be a really bloody battle. And then civil government will be knocked out.”
“Extremist groups based in Islamabad will move from within and they (Taliban) will build pressure from outside.”
According to the Telegraph, the Taliban actually invited a local reporter to record this as a warning to anyone who might see it of what’s coming. The Pakistani military liquidated 30 of them today, to serve notice that taking Islamabad won’t be easy, but there have been what seems like 100 of these halting operations over the last few years all following the same pattern: Tough talk from the government, incursion into the tribal areas, fighting ending in a stalemate, and finally “peace treaty” and withdrawal. I wonder how much territory they’ll get when the treaty ending this latest op is signed. Content warning.
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Never argue with an idiot, one may have trouble telling the difference.
thomasaur on April 26, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Aleph on April 26, 2009 at 8:18 PM
want a pic?
here’s my old blog, from when i was Republican…in undergrad, lol.
strangelet on April 26, 2009 at 8:24 PM
I wish video of “disturbing” stuff would stop being “blacked out” or edited for content.
Let the world see what kind of barbarians these monsters truly are. This wasn’t even an execution. How many times do you really need to shoot someone after they are dead?
Horrifying.
catmman on April 26, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Sounds like a job for the UN to me.
Let them earn their wages.
strangelet on April 26, 2009 at 8:26 PM
LOL! It’s also in the UN’s job description that they are supposed to enforce their own resolutions.
They refused to do so against Iraq, and in fact some of their highest officials were caught in the Saddam Hussein Oil for Food sham.
Gotta simple question for you kid-how old are you?
I’ll be here waiting for your answer. But doubt I will get one.
Del Dolemonte on April 26, 2009 at 8:27 PM
catmman on April 26, 2009 at 8:24 PM
should the 42 torture photos that are going to be released be blacked out?
strangelet on April 26, 2009 at 8:27 PM
umm…Strangelet,
Who do you think the are?
Splinter on April 26, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Del, I don’t have to tell.
;)
nyah nyah nyah nyah
strangelet on April 26, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Like they did when they refused to enforce their own Resolutions against Saddam Hussein?
You make it too easy, kid. Sorry to be so hard on you.
Del Dolemonte on April 26, 2009 at 8:29 PM
umm…Strangelet,
Who do you think the UNare?
(oops)
Splinter on April 26, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Kenyan Civil War,
has ACORN or NAACP weighed in on this yet?
Crap,what am I thinking,its the wrong Community
to be Organized!
canopfor on April 26, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Thanks for proving my point.
Del Dolemonte on April 26, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Hear that all you infidels! My
brotherenemy is a Republican! Yes he is! Believe us. We would not lie to you. Never!Aleph on April 26, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Obama has a problem. Pakistan has 10X’s the strategic value of Afghanistan yet he is beefing up our forces there.
Everyone on the planet knows he won’t go into Pakistan in force. We don’t have the proper head count or political will.
The result is the Taliban get in Pakistan what they could not gain in Afghanistan, a Sharia state. From this new base the Taliban and Al Queda can keep us busy with cross border incursion for decades.
Another Vietnam quagmire
I don’t want any more American men and women to die trying to save these cave men from themselves. It may not be a popular sentiment but I say bring our men and women home.
Our sons and daughters are too good for these cretins.
FireBlogger on April 26, 2009 at 8:34 PM
These people are in every sense of the word, barbarians. Murderous barbarians. What have they ever produces but murder and madness?? The guns they use to kill people they can’t even produce themselves.
God have mercy on our nation. Please protect us until sanity returns once more to our government.
A little over 3 1/2 years to go until 2012. Can we even make it? God have mercy.
JellyToast on April 26, 2009 at 8:35 PM
More blood boiling video… yet the left is more concerned about witch hunts and image. Twenty two friggin’ shots fired at these people to make sure they are dead. Something tells me these bastards truly enjoy what they do.
cannonball on April 26, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Alhamdilillah!!!
/src
blatantblue on April 26, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Well, how nice in Pakistan that commoners cannot have firearms.
Makes stuff like this a lot safer for the perps.
strangelet, the bulk of the UN members are barely more civilized toward their people than these animals. Where did you take your education? Is it the drugs? You are taking the wrong ones, too much or too little. Try bourbon.
At least then you will reek and people will write you off as a drunk instead of a simple idiot.
Sorry to be ugly and personal about this, but how you can propose the UN as a solution to this kind of stuff, given their performance over the last 20+ years, is disgusting.
Harry Schell on April 26, 2009 at 8:39 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big John on April 26, 2009 at 8:40 PM
No, you’re pretty much a dumb@$$ lib with no knowledge of history nor wisdom of experience.
Would have been no meddling if the Taliban had turned over Bin Laden and his AQ buddies after 9/11 as demanded. Totally reasonable request on our part since an act of war had been committed by people resident AND SANCTIONED by people in their country. Oh, did I mention the Taliban SANCTIONED and was both supporting and supported by AQ? That made their government complicit and a part of an act of war on a sovereign nation. The fact that we waged a short, high-tempo action to remove the Taliban and preserve as much infrastructure and protect civilians indicates a strong act of compassion by a nation that had been attacked. Had such an act been committed upon the Soviet Union, the negotiations would have been much shorter and the results would most likely have included radioactive waste.
After the Taliban had been ousted, we had little choice but to help rebuild. Nature and politics abhor a vacuum and it was necessary to make sure that AQ was not able to reconstitute itself in Afghanistan.
It certainly has helped the insurgents that the majority of the western media and particularly the US main stream media have been on the side of the terrorists. Had the media rallied support and shown the good things happening, or at least been impartial, the propaganda war would not have resulted in the number of casualties that it has.
AZfederalist on April 26, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Everytime I read the name of that city, it keeps reading as “Islamisbad” to me.
Big John on April 26, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Sounds like she has educated herself into imbecility.
daesleeper on April 26, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Barbaric animals. May God have Mercy on them all.
Zorro on April 26, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Ralph Peters agrees with you.
President Obama presented his “comprehensive new strategy” for Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was neither new, nor a strategy. Behind all the rhetoric, he just said, I’m sending more troops and more money.
Barack Obama? I heard Lyndon Johnson. The only LBJ touch that BHO lacked was the word “escalation.”
Obama’s approach just stinks of Vietnam.
Afghanistan’s not worth a mullah’s hemorrhoid.
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 8:48 PM
I don’t like their chances.
thomasaur on April 26, 2009 at 8:50 PM
How about the productive, democratic nations of the world FINALLY leave the U.N. and form their own organization, leave the savages to wallow in their own ignorance?
Bishop on April 26, 2009 at 8:53 PM
All Obama needs to say is that this misunderstanding will not be tolerated. Hey, let’s talk.
Mojave Mark on April 26, 2009 at 8:54 PM
A few random thoughts on the subject…
Our trolls are getting more simplistic and their posts shorter. It’s a sure sign that some of you are getting easier to bite the lure.
If the CIA had contingency plans for evacuation of Paki nukes, Obama should request them, and update that plan. But who would blame the CIA for losing them, given their recent treatment at the hands of the current administration?
The Paki ISI has always been sympathetic to the Taliban, going back to before they had that name. During the russian occupation of Afghanistan, the ISI did more supplying and training of Afghani’s than the US, mostly to keep them in the fight for their homeland, as the refugee problem in Wasiristan and Swat was becoming untenable. And now, a lot of the pakistani army is comprised of men from these tribes that have gone Taliban. To expect them to fight against bretheren may be asking too much. So the genie is out of the bottle. Who is to stop them now?
OneEyedJack on April 26, 2009 at 8:55 PM
The saddest part is that this happened while we were looking right at them. We could have excused Afghanistan because we weren’t paying attention. BUT THESE WERE THE GUYS WE WERE FIGHTING AND ‘DEFEATING’ SINCE 9/11.
I hate to be a Harry Reid ‘the war is lost’, but if this is winning, I’d hate to see losing. Guess what, now Obama can legitimately say something was ‘Bush’s fault’ because this was.
America gets ZERO strategic value in allying with Pakistan. NONE in the world, NONE in the region (actually it puts us in a box in the region as a natural enemy of India).
Sorry for writing so long. I know people don’t read long posts. But it’s funny now that we are asking India to remove their troops from the Kashmiri/Pakistani boarder because there isn’t supposed to be a Pakistani Kashmir. Pakistan has for DECADES said that they weren’t fighting IN Kashmir, but they supported the ‘will of the people for an independent state’ separate from India. They have ALWAYS denied direct involvement in a war in Kashmir. . . NOW our Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton is asking India to remove their troops from the India Kashmiri boarder so Pakistan can move its troops to fight the terrorists.
so now, according to OUR secretary of state (and other senators as well who have been fed this same line) Pakistan is ENTITLED to a state they have DENIED BEING INVOLVED WITH since they broke from India through a ‘war of independence’.
The inmates are ruling the assylum.
I love America, I am thankful to all the people here who read my stuff. . . but I don’t have a whole lot of hope for a competent military response with our most powerful military force in the history of the world. We’ll be too busy telling everyone how awful we are to keep people around the world from being awful. I can’t believe we apologize so much for being so awesome.
ThackerAgency on April 26, 2009 at 8:57 PM
No matter what the subject you freaks jump on Obama, then see who can out slander the next guy. You truly do deserve your oblivion in the political wilderness, this proud Democrat couldn’t be any happier seeing your misery. Hope you like your stay in oblivion.
athensboy on April 26, 2009 at 9:00 PM
One more thought. The truth of the Taliban and Islam’s tenets is laid bare in these snuff videos. This isn’t the only one, nor is this the only place where these atrocities happen. A free press, interested in passing information to its interested public, would not ignore it.
OneEyedJack on April 26, 2009 at 9:01 PM
To his credit, Obama noted Pakistan’s importance. Then he got all the solutions wrong.
Start with his inane — but touchingly American — statement that “the people of Pakistan want the same things we want.” Oh, really?
How many readers think Sharia law would be a good idea? How about beating the crap out of women just for yuks? Or stoning them to death because they smiled at the wrong time? And let’s ban alcohol, bare arms, dating and jobs for women. And grow those beards, fellas!
Yeah, we’re tight. We’re such good buds that, while the Pakistanis protect the worst elements within the Taliban, manipulate our key supply line and pander to terrorists, Obama wants to guarantee Pakistan’s stunningly corrupt politicians $1.5 billion in aid every year. Plus military aid.
Why on earth should the Pakistanis help us when we reward them lavishly for screwing us?
And since it’s still our policy to punish those who aid terrorists, we need to punish ourselves. We bear a portion of the responsibility for every Pakistan-backed terror attack on India. Why? Because the Pakistanis know that, no matter how brutal the deeds of their terrorist auxiliaries, we’ll step in to “mediate” and prevent the Indians from retaliating.
Want a truly fresh strategy that would work? End all support of any kind to Pakistan. Close our embassy. Do what makes military sense and reduce our forces in Afghanistan to a level that can be supplied by air. And concentrate on destroying al Qaeda, not on “owning” village X. (Obama’s approach just stinks of Vietnam.)
Imagine how different the situation would be if we weren’t Pakistan’s strategic prisoner and didn’t stand between Islamabad and Delhi. What if the Pakistanis had to behave responsibly and stop sponsoring terror attacks against India — or face India’s wrath? Nuclear war? Pakistan would vanish, India would lick its wounds. And the Pakistanis know it.
- Ralph Peters
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Explain why you love government so much.
daesleeper on April 26, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Islam is ideologically fatalistic and theologically irrationalistic.
A bad combo.
Those who do not remember Daniel Pearl are doomed to repeat him.
profitsbeard on April 26, 2009 at 9:03 PM
I agree. Whatever is happening there matters to us.
RushBaby on April 26, 2009 at 9:05 PM
But your Teleprompter President and his Ship of Fools cabinet make it so easy.
You sound worried. Have a warm glass of milk.
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 9:06 PM
And here I thought you were more intelligent than I.
:|
Ugly on April 26, 2009 at 9:06 PM
If I was President I know I would be having secret talks with the Indians, not out golfing.
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Move along folks, nothing to see here. It’s a Muslim thing.
But who needs to go to Pakistan. We have it right here, like the guy that beheaded his wife in Buffalo. The fact that he ran a TV station to spread the religion of peace makes it all totally understandable!
It goes on in Europe everyday. Ah, the joys of modern living.
patrick neid on April 26, 2009 at 9:09 PM
I have a simple suggestion for our Secretary of State. She’s a New Yorker, they (Bill) have an office in New York. Hillary needs to take a day in New York and a 100 dollar bill. She needs to find one of those shell games on the streets of New York. When she finds these people playing their game, she needs to stand there and watch them for about 2 hours. If she thinks she knows where the ball is, she should put that 100 dollars down so she can double it.
I believe that this exercise might finally get her to understand what is going on in Pakistan. Here’s a hint, there’s a team. The guy switching the cups around has a partner who gambles and wins some and loses some. The Taliban’s partner is the PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT.
Please Ms. New Yorker Clinton. I beg you to learn what you need to know when dealing with Pakistan. I wish we would stop giving them money. . . we get nothing for it but a knife in the back.
It’s funny how they say we don’t get anything from waterboarding terrorists, but somehow we are getting something for BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to Pakistan.
ThackerAgency on April 26, 2009 at 9:13 PM
“Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those
who would intimidate,torture,and murder people for exercis
ing the most basic freedoms.If we are to win this struggle
and spread those freedoms,we must keep our own moral comp
ass pointed in a true direction”.
-Barack Obama Quote.
——————————————————-
——————————————————-
So,Obama does know the difference of torture,in Obama’s
quote,he knows the definition of ‘Taliban Torture’!
And he damn well know’s that ‘Taliban Torture’,is way
different than America’s method of obtaining information!
And,once again,American does not Torture!
WaterBoarding is not Torture!
By Obama’s own quote,he’s lying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on April 26, 2009 at 9:14 PM
The thermometer is going lower, more than it went higher before.
Time there was warmth and plenty, but that cup soon runneth no more.
Though we could not caution all, we still might warn a few:
Dont lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools.
Ship of fools on a cold cruel sea
Ship of fools sail away from we.
It was later than we thought, when we still might have believed as you,
Now we cannot share your delusions, ship of fools.
MB4 on April 26, 2009 at 9:15 PM
strangelet on April 26, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Tell ya what jackass, let’s run a side by side comparison:
We show the terrorists getting back up after their “ordeal” and escorted back to their cells; shaken most certainly, but still alive – as they are alive today.
Then lets show this video.
All of it, photos included, uncensored.
Then lets have a debate about which side are the true barbarians.
catmman on April 26, 2009 at 9:16 PM
No matter what the subject you freaks jump on Obama, then see who can out slander the next guy.
athensboy on April 26, 2009 at 9:00 PM
So where do you keep your Preznit Dumbya McHitlerBurtonFascistNaziStormtrooperDarthChimperton sign, in the closet under the stairs, only to be pulled out and gazed at when you’re feeling nostalgic?
Bishop on April 26, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Heh.
Fletch54 on April 26, 2009 at 9:21 PM
In addition, let’s not stop there:
Let’s show the public the photos of Abu Ghraib again, let’s show more photos or even video of the terrorists being waterboarded.
Then let’s show the video of Nick Berg and Daniel Pearl being beheaded.
All of it, completely uncensored.
Then let’s here some more of your lefty carping about evil and justice.
catmman on April 26, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Go ahead and laugh it up, liberal Democrats. Stick your heads in the sand and pretend there isn’t a problem. Those barbarians are about to topple a government that has nukes. Hopefully, they won’t be able to smuggle one in here. I doubt India will be so lucky. It’ll be easier to smuggle one into Europe as well. When Madrid and/ or New Delhi disappear under the mushroom cloud, be sure to keep telling yourself that we can cut a deal with the Islamic world and they only hate because of Bush.
Dukeboy01 on April 26, 2009 at 9:23 PM
So where do you keep…..
Bishop on April 26,2009 at 9:17PM.
Bishop: Since I banned myself from directly talking to the
Trolls,can you remind them,that there is still
about,three years and eight more months of Hopey
bashing!!
Much appreciated,Bishop!!haha:)
canopfor on April 26, 2009 at 9:26 PM
I guess this couple are lucky they could have been water boarded.To think we have people saying that we must be respectful of these animals shari’a law.
thmcbb on April 26, 2009 at 9:27 PM
All well said Thacker, I agree.
4shoes on April 26, 2009 at 9:29 PM
It’s the fault of the Juice!
TheSitRep on April 26, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Ignorant savages. And they want me to respect their culture and beliefs? Not damn likely!
The Opinionator on April 26, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Ugh. I hate when they edit the “bad” stuff. Folks, wake up and smell the coffee- these people and their “culture,” they’re a disease. One of the worst diseases ever to be infected upon the world. I’ll get flack for this, but this is the inherent nature of a religion founded by a mass murdering madman who had numerous wives and a child bride.
The bad stuff shouldn’t be censored. It should be required vviewing around the world. We can’t fully realize the enemy and how barbaric he is by editing his evildoing. Let not these brutal crimes go unseen.
TheBlueSite on April 26, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Oh no excuse they are surprised that Taliban is killing fellow believers and not kaffirs across the border.
Gaurav on April 26, 2009 at 9:40 PM
And this little clip is what they could slip out. If you dig you can find the real torture videos from Saddams Iraq as well. Why do you think Iran puts journalists like Roxana Saberi in jail? People need to wake up and go listen to Geert Wilders.
izoneguy on April 26, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Ah — the friend of my enemy is my friend too, even if they support my enemy. Very good value system, even if Darwinian forces tend to intervene 100% of the time…
unclesmrgol on April 26, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Nope. Like a good Ferengi, he will profit from same, even as his lips do service to the opposite.
The rest of the world tried to do the “science” Bush “suppressed”, and they’ve had no luck, while the science Bush didn’t “suppress” is in the human trials stage and beyond. You are a rather insular person to not be paying attention to how quickly your peers tried to construct lampshades out of human skin after Bush said our Government would not fund research into same…
unclesmrgol on April 26, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Amazing…Comrade what’shisname above drawing a parallel between ‘torturing’ these monsters for information before they can kill more people, and these same monsters for publicly executing people for a trivial matter.
Funny that the absolute, universal morality thing is blacked out by the Leftists in the case of radical Islam; “Well, in their religion it’s OK to shoot people for adultery, so it’s none of our business.”
Dr. ZhivBlago on April 26, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Yeah, like A. Huffington, huh?
Johan Klaus on April 26, 2009 at 10:40 PM
OBL is wormfood.
Johan Klaus on April 26, 2009 at 10:41 PM
The religion of perpetual outrage.
Johan Klaus on April 26, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Please tell me point by point what part of the Conservative agenda and philosophy you disagree with and why. Then follow that up with the parts of Obama’s agenda you support and why.
DerKrieger on April 26, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Lets hope Britain will swing her doors open wide for Pakistan and all who will come. Things in Britain get safer every day.
BL@KBIRD on April 26, 2009 at 10:51 PM
It’s the typical Muslim war: fighting, hudna, fighting. And it is eternal.
PattyJ on April 26, 2009 at 11:06 PM
I keep looking at that poor woman in the screen cap and tears me up. This is so horrific.
ronsfi on April 26, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Athensboy, dissent is the HIGHEST form of patriotism. I forget who told me that.
Guess that makes you unpatriotic.
Speedwagon82 on April 26, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Where’s the ACLU and Obama Administration demanding the release of the crudest images? Oh, wait, these are Taliban not American soldiers so such images are censored so that nobody gets upset.
DaMav on April 26, 2009 at 11:36 PM
No need to watch on this end. If anyone doesn’t know what these bastards are about by now then by all means take a gander at monsters-at-work.
Limerick on April 26, 2009 at 11:44 PM
Given the situation in Pakistan right now, try to think what India may be going through. Taliban with nukes does not in any shape or form bode well for the world’s largest democracy. One thing that I find hard to comprehend is: why China is silent in all of this. Previously, specially wrt Kashmir, they have tried to work with Pakistan (sharing the spoils of the land India gave up). I am not sure why they think a Pakistan overrun by Taliban can be of any advantage for their soaring economy.
peter_griffin on April 26, 2009 at 11:56 PM
There is never a translation with these videos. Is anyone, even one person, there suggesting, even mildly, that this shouldn’t be done or the punishment is too harsh?
Rocks on April 26, 2009 at 11:58 PM
Because China would, and the monsters know it, crush them like a bug. No, they will continue to pick on weaklings and cowards and leave China be.
Limerick on April 27, 2009 at 12:00 AM
That’s right. And guess who will end up giving sanctuary to the muslim hordes who want to destroy all of civilization … US!! Just like those Uiger bastards that The Precedent is forcing on us. Unreal.
progressoverpeace on April 27, 2009 at 12:23 AM
A UN outside of the UN? Counter-productive.
What is needed instead is a concerted effort to fix the problems of this UN. One thing we need to do is not be “bigger” than every other nation in the UN. The “Security Council” set the precedent that only the “big boys” matter. Hence, when we step back we hardly ever are able to garner support. Add to the fact that the Council usually consists of Western Powers, China, and the Soviet Union. From that point it isn’t a mystery why the UN is a joke.
If every country has an equal voice, period, then the UN is much more viable.
ckoeber on April 27, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Well, they have captured Chinese in the past: http://www.nowpublic.com/world/taleban-release-chinese-engineer-pakistan
There have been other incidents as well. My point was : why would China even risk neighboring a Taliban run country? I cannot think of even one single factor that they might feel would be to their advantage in such a case …
peter_griffin on April 27, 2009 at 12:30 AM
All the more reason to come up with a new strategy. Both sides of the aisle should have protested the surge in troops.
ckoeber on April 27, 2009 at 12:33 AM
er….no India, no competition?
Limerick on April 27, 2009 at 12:35 AM
Conjure up hate to dismiss hate? No need.
For better or for worse as bad as Bush’s invasion of Iraq was we could have used the line of thought on Afghanistan and we would have been golden.
If Bush would have stuck in Afghanistan and built it into the middle Eastern version of Japan these problems would have been wiped out. Once the modern version of Afghanistan was completed and everyone in the immediate area saw the progress that a truly westernized version of Afghanistan come to light all of the other countries would have immediately started to erode from within.
Levi jeans and pop-culture does magical things to youth.
ckoeber on April 27, 2009 at 12:39 AM
Actually, it’s not that simple.
(1) There is hardly any overlap between the products sold between India (primarily software and IT provider + some R&D in VLSI) and China (manufacturer of cheap goods).
(2) India is a large market for the Chinese as far as cheap manufactured goods is concerned. I have been to India recently for business reasons, and I could not believe how much their new supermarkets have been flooded by “Made in China” products.
So, I would not quite buy that argument…
peter_griffin on April 27, 2009 at 12:46 AM
The evil Taliban is on a disgusting power trip. They are the pure opposite of Biblical teachings.
I guess the men with the guns were somehow victimized by this couple.
The U.N. has turned into a mouthpiece for the OIC. It’s time to dismantle the U.N.
desertdweller on April 27, 2009 at 12:51 AM
They are just a scourge on humanity. I am surprised why people would ever want to be ruled by them. From what I hear, the average person in those regions, owns a gun, so if they wanted to revolt against Taliban, it would seem like an achievable thing.
peter_griffin on April 27, 2009 at 1:07 AM
Talk about faulty logic… A good 90% of Afghan villagers are illiterate.. Women die at childbirth at a rate of about 1,600/ 100,000 live births. The infant mortality rate is the second highest in the world. Most remote villages don’t have access to health care. Most of the country relies on UN food aid to survive. The country is landlocked and doesn’t have any major natural resources (i.e. oil). How is such a country going to become Japan in five years? At least Iraq has an educated middle class and a major source of natural wealth.
Illinidiva on April 27, 2009 at 6:19 AM
Nice friends you have there Mr. Obama.
Viper1 on April 27, 2009 at 6:43 AM
What, no national debate on torture in Pakistan? I thought the video would show them sitting down and discussing the finer points of international law… /sarcoff
We have these extremists living in the US too…and we are wasting time worrying about waterboarding, playing loud music, and keeping the lights on.
WAKE UP!
jbh45 on April 27, 2009 at 8:10 AM
This is the world getalife should experience before making such pratt-ish remarks.
bluelightbrigade on April 27, 2009 at 8:19 AM
Liberals are under the delusion that one can pick up a turd by the clean end
Bevan on April 27, 2009 at 8:22 AM
You’re reaching.
Two can play at this game, dipsh**.
bluelightbrigade on April 27, 2009 at 8:25 AM
I blame their lack of strict gun laws on this. This sort of violence wouldn’t happen if they had an assault weapons ban.
76United on April 27, 2009 at 8:31 AM
As a former un peacekeeper. All I can say is you have to be kidding.
sonofdy on April 27, 2009 at 9:04 AM
These are the moderate taliban clinton and obama love.
sonofdy on April 27, 2009 at 9:05 AM
I’m not endorsing adultry, but shooting them in the back is a little harsh. By the way for all of you lefties who are afraid to get someone’s hair wet, shooting an unarmed person in the back when they’re running away is against the Geneva Convention. Otherwise, they call it murder. Religion of peace MY SWEET ASS!!!
Mr. Grump on April 27, 2009 at 9:18 AM
Sharia law coming soon to a city near you in Minn. Think your new senator will stop it? The least they could have done was put one between the eyes. I wouldn’t shoot a dog like that, but don’t think these guys can shoot that good. If this is an example of international law, they can keep it.
Kissmygrits on April 27, 2009 at 9:18 AM
You have a point. I assume you felt this way about Rwanda in the 1990s, too. Right?
blink on April 27, 2009 at 10:59 AM
saiga on April 27, 2009 at 12:02 PM
IF YOU’RE GOING TO DRIVE THE TOUR BUS THROUGH THE BOWELS OF HELL, PLEASE DON’T PAINT THE WINDOWS BLACK. ALLOW THE WORLD TO WITNESS THE SAVAGERY THAT PASSES FOR “CIVILIZATION” IN THESE ISLAMIC CESSPITS. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE PLANNED FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD, AND YES, THAT INCLUDES YOUR TOWN, YOUR STATE, AND YOUR NATION.
PS— Where are all of the liberal trolls? Are THEY leading the protests over this barbarianism? Or are they simply pissing themselves that someone might actually mention the name of Jesus the Christ in public? TROLL CAUTION ADVISORY: Christian believers and the Bible are what stand between YOUR sorry asses and your life in an identical Islamic paradise.
oldleprechaun on April 27, 2009 at 2:11 PM
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All too true, but the larger problem with surrendering Pakistan lies in the possibilities this stuff creates.
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http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/pakistan/nuke/
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Imagine nukes in the hands of people who act as the above video shows they do. Sadly, this is the future we were warned of.
RalphyBoy on April 27, 2009 at 5:32 PM
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