I wonder if Cain will blame this on America too?
Many Americans, still buoyed by Barack Obama's election and a temporary surge in the equity markets, might have thought the whole world would be singing Kumbaya. But in India, Muslim extremists were singing Mumbai.
The tragic 60-hour siege in India's financial capital -- formerly Bombay -- resulted in at least 174 deaths and injuries to scores more.
Thus has Mumbai joined London, Madrid, New York and Washington, among others, as targets for well-planned and finely-tuned terrorist attacks on symbols of freedom and capitalism.
Muslim radicals seem to pick their targets based on two criteria: What the targets represent and their vulnerability. It took just 10 men armed with rifles and grenades to carry out their deadly mission, terrorizing a city of 18 million for several days before finally being routed in a siege at the luxury Taj Mahal hotel.
This surely exposed India's terribly vulnerable security, and it also served as a reminder to the rest us of how important security is in protecting against terrorist attacks. This is something for President-elect Obama to think about as he considers shutting down the Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba and taking starch out of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act statutes.
According to the Bush administration -- which, for all its faults, has kept us safe since 9-11 -- FISA and Gitmo have played key roles in that success.
The Mumbai siege is also a reminder that al-Qaida and like-minded groups are not interested in negotiations that might lead to peace, because their brand of radical Islam is not interested in peace. Nor is it interested in acquiring geographic territory or resolving political differences.
Islamic fanatics are focused on one goal only -- to kill their enemies. And their enemies are everyone who doesn't conform to their Islamo-fascist beliefs. Such people cannot be reasoned with, no matter how charming the president is.
All we can hope is to route the terrorists -- and, perhaps with the globally popular president-elect, gather more friends to our side.
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I wonder if Cain will blame this on America too?
The assault was Bush's fault. If he had negotiated with Iran and al Qaeda and Hamas and Hezbollah then there would be peace in the world. When the new president elect is in office, all of this nonsense will end as reasonable men sit down and commune. Peace, love, unity.
or reality can set in and the radical Muslim will be dealt with, but without all of the back door tricks and interference the left has exercised for the past 8 years. Having the left fight FOR our country will be a nice change we can believe in.
This attack was orchestrated by al Qaeda to deflect attention away from our attempts to route them out of their nests in the Afgan-Pakistan border region. By provoking tensions between India and Pakistan there will be less cooperation between Pakistan and the US in the hunt for Bin Laden. In short, we were getting too close and they had to deflect it.
Ain't it amazing what 10 terrorists did....If it is true that 10 men in 10 different locations created all of this turmoil, this will start occuring daily. I hope Obama is ready to do lots more than talk. I don't envy PE Obama. He has pandered to the left all his life and is indebted to them for this election. Now he must move back to the center and even right center to govern effectively. This will be a difficult presidency. If he moves back to the left, he will leave us unprotected and lose reelection. If he moves to the right center, he will disappoint all the lefties who got him here and not be reelected. Blacks only represent about 12% of the population, so race votes can't get him reelected. I wish him luck, but he's truly got a rough row to hoe.
I predict little change in how Obama deals with Gitmo, interrogation techniques, and treatment of prisoners from the war on terror. The policies of Bush were not developed in a vacuum. A lot of these policies were thought through and calculated to do what needed to be done. The attacks in India reinforce the fact that these people are evil and dangerous. The left will have their knickers in a knot when they realize little will change!
The attacks in Mumbai will only embolden the terrorists to plan and carry out similar attacks. 10-174 is a staggering price. With a few more attacks in popular tourist locations, they will cut off the coveted tourist trade in many countries. They are poised around the world, in significant numbers, to effect global tourism. The question is not where but when. It's time for the gloves to come off, before this gets out of hand.
Well, I just hope the young man they caught is treated with respect. None of that torture stuff.
justthefacts: LMAO!
I guess we'll invade Greece now.
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