"The root cause of all problems has gone."

So now Osama Bin Dead, and all the Islamofascists will now have peace in our time with the evil Satan and his western ways?

So President Obama doesn't have to invade Pakistan now?

So we can have peace now? Cool.

/sarc off

I'll wait until after the Friday prayers to see....

Posted by: V.I.N.C.E.N.T. at August 18, 2008 1:09 PM

Call me an optimist, but I consider this a good thing. At least we can do away with the pretense that Pakistan is an ally.

Posted by: Mr Ape Pig at August 18, 2008 1:15 PM

The story of Paki-Land. It is a country along with Saudi Arabia and Iran a great threat. But looking at the History because of Islam there has been great oppression and tragedy that has been swept under by PC and false propaganda. The hate and bigotry which Islam teaches has wiped out great civilizations where ever Islam has spread. It has stifled human creativity. Some of the greatest civilizations where not afraid to ask great questions and create great art. While Islam is afraid of venturing into the unknown. It is easy to stay in a box and not question the world around or actually view other ways as evil therefore there is no need to look at the failure of Islam. It devalues human beings while only gives status to Muslim males. All the rest are property and considered sub human. Looking at societies you see women represented with great interest in art and literature. On the other hand women in Islamic society are seen as sex slaves and men as their owners. Young girls are to molested and women are to be controlled.

Posted by: savsiv at August 18, 2008 1:19 PM

V.I.N.C.E.N.T.
Props on your screen name. Talk about plucking an obscure character from a long forgotten movie.(saw it at the theater and had the toys too)

So, what really has changed in Pakistan? New leader (TBA), same corruption and infiltration. Democracy, in name only.

Posted by: Kevin at August 18, 2008 1:22 PM

Maybe a believer will get his hands on some nukes and get the party started

Posted by: Mr.Fitnah at August 18, 2008 1:23 PM

At least with Mushareff we had the devil we know...

Posted by: gymgal at August 18, 2008 1:29 PM

Lawyers, who have spearheaded an anti-Musharraf campaign since he tried to sack the chief justice last year, stormed out of courts in the southeastern city of Multan on hearing of Musharraf's resignation, shouting "Down with the American stooge."

Good. Let's take all American aid to Pakiland and let them swim in the coming wave of oppression. The mask should be removed from all our enemy nations. Iran is exposed, now Pakiland and then the Saudis. None of them are friends of America or anyone who believes in Freedom.

Posted by: Briars at August 18, 2008 1:32 PM

From a posting about Pakistan:

"I recently picked up at a book sale a copy of "The Miscellany," edited by P. Lal, and published in Calcutta. Issue #51 (June 1972), one of three devoted to the then recently-deceased, at age 41, of David McCutchion.

"An Englishman, David McCutchion was a lover of India, not of the william-dalrympish sort, that is the kind who loves the luxe of the Moghul court and its love intrigues, nor the kind of Englishman (also william-dalrympish) of the walking-across-half-a-continent-when-young sort, making use of local color of the human interest kind, often grizzled or wizened or wizenedly grizzled picturesque Muslims, to do the work for him (downmarket Byrons and Newbys, not to menton the now-unfashionable, because bookish, traveller Gide in "Le Retour du Tchad"), but a true scholar, an Indophile who studied brick temples in Bengal, and Indian writing, was a friend of Satyajit Ray and all sorts of interesting people in Calcutta who never get the attention in the West that all those anti-Western islamisant arundhati-roys manage to get.

"
I read through The Miscellany #52 – and discovered a tribute from the Sanskrit (and Buddhism) scholar Richard Gombrich (son of E. H.), who opened his essay, titled “His Work Is Unrepeatable,” with this:

'The recent death of Mr. David McCutchion in Calcutta at the age of 41 is a catastrophe for oriental studies.”

'Gombrich describes McCutchion as a scholar who “devoted all his time, his money, and his exceptional energy and enthusiasm, to the study of arts and monuments which are fast disappearing.

' He tramped all over Bengal, both West and East, taking notes and photographs; his knowledge of the countryside was famous. A self-taught photographer, he spared no pains to take the perfect shot; and he leaves well over ten thousand colour slides and as many black and white photographs of high professional quality…..His greatest specialities were Bengali temple architecture and terra-cotta sculpture, the latter a lost skill of whose monuments little is known to the wider world; he also studied and collected Bengali scroll paintings. He explored many other parts of India too, and recorded even Gupta temples previously unknown.”


'And a little more, taken from a website:


“David McCutchion (1930-1972), English-born scholar, Indophile and early critic of Raja Rao, was an authentic pioneer: in his short lifetime...made a major contribution to the study of Bengali temples...one of the first scholars to write on the now much commented subject of Indian Writing in English....

'Born in Coventry, David attended that city's King Henry VIII Grammar School. He made it to Cambridge University the hard way, on intellectual merit alone. He read Modern Languages (French and German) at Jesus College.

'After graduating in 1953, he taught English for two years in southern France. He went to India in 1957.

'He worked there first as an English teacher...and later, as Professor and then Reader in Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University, Calcutta.... David's ground-breaking study of Bengali brick temples, The Temples of Bankura District, was published by Writers Workshop in 1972.”

"
David McCutchion lived through the war made by West Pakistan (now Pakistan) on East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, in 1970-71, a war in which Muslim fanatics in East Pakistan, locally called razakars, joined forces with the raping and murdering army of West Pakistan, accepting the argument that what was good for Pakistan – that is, staying one country – was necessarily good for Islam, and what was good for Islam was all that mattered.

"
Here is how, in a letter from England to a friend, McCutchion described the behavior of Pakistan:


“…We are raising funds {for those in what was then East Pakistan being murdered by the army of West Pakistan and its local, fervently Muslim East Pakistani collaborators], and hope to see the Minister of Overseas Development.

"What do I think of it all? Appalling…Pakistan should never have existed – it has cost more lives than the whole of the British Empire in 200 years.

"What should I think of a culture that burns down the British Council library in Lahore because an English publisher printed a picture of Mahomet?

"Fanaticism plus Machiavellianism plus brutality equals Islamic Pakistan.”

One More Time:

"What do I think of it all? Appalling...Pakistan should never have existed -- it has cost more lives than the whole of the British Empire in 200 years.

"What should I think of a culture that burns down the British Council library in Lahore because an English publisher printed a picture of Mahomet?

"Fanaticism plus Machiavellianism plus brutality equals Islamic Pakistan."

"Print out that last bit, and put it on your refrigerator, under the title: Pakistan.

[Posted by: Hugh at July 27, 2007 2:18 PM]

Posted by: Hugh at August 18, 2008 1:50 PM

Will
Abdul Qadeer Khan still be under house arrest? I heard a rumor that Shakeel Bhat (Rage Boy) was singing this song;
♪ I came upon a child of god
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, where are you going
And this he told me
I'm going on down to the 12th imams farm
I'm going to join in a peaceful plan
I'm going to camp out on the land
I'm going to try an get my soul free
We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to get ourselves
Back to the caliphate ♪

Posted by: ec marm at August 18, 2008 1:52 PM

I am slipping. I can't believe I didn't make a comment about the photo. So time to redeem myself.
Ever wonder why so many in islam can be ignorant about the world? Well it couldn't be all that lead poisoning they subject themselves too. Boy would hate to write up the environmental impact study on all the lead bullets fired for every occasion. I mean just look how bad it is, one of the passengers apparently can't even give a proper 1 finger salute.

Posted by: Kevin at August 18, 2008 1:53 PM

Musharraf leaving won't make any difference. In fact, things will probably get worse. The only thing that could really turn Pakistan around is mass conversion to Christianity, Buddhism or some other major world faith because the real root problem bedeviling Pakistan is Islam. And that's not going to change and so Pakistan will continue to rot.

Posted by: Wellington at August 18, 2008 1:55 PM

India is on alert.

Pakistan will now be the new Taliban headquarters.

We will soon be fighting 300 million Pakistani's, or India will.

Posted by: alaskan1000 at August 18, 2008 1:58 PM

"The root cause of all problems has gone."

Six-Sigma Denial: Continuous Excuses.

"I wish I could fire shots to show my joy but unfortunately I can't do that."

Man, they know how to kill a party with unreasonable rules, don't they?

Posted by: RalphInfidel at August 18, 2008 2:02 PM

"Pakistan will now be the new Taliban headquarters."

Did I miss something? I thought it already was Taliban HQ.

Seriously, what has changed?
The inmates have always been running the asylum known as Pakistan.

Posted by: Mr Ape Pig at August 18, 2008 2:13 PM

Lawyers, who have spearheaded an anti-Musharraf campaign since he tried to sack the chief justice last year, stormed out of courts in the southeastern city of Multan on hearing of Musharraf's resignation, shouting "Down with the American stooge."
-from the article

Guys, TAKE IT EASY! He's DOWN already!

Why do they have to "storm" out of courts? No one can just "emerge"? Shouldn't this be a happy occasion? The "American stooge" is gone!

"The root cause of all problems has gone."

Sorry guys! I hate to have to be the one to break it to you, but the West is still here.

Posted by: PMK at August 18, 2008 2:29 PM

"....with many ordinary people hoping his departure would bring improvement to their lives."

Appears that they don't want "improvement", not if they're driving around and firing bullets in the air. They are and will always be an uncivilized society. May they implode from partying too much.

Posted by: champ at August 18, 2008 2:32 PM

I'm with Wellington on this one.

Posted by: undaunted at August 18, 2008 2:34 PM

Treason is not just a second nature to a Western Sociopath, whether American, English, Norwegian or Swedish. Treason is his only nature.
Whatever his fault, Musharraf was the best thing going for us in our "war on terror". Almost all the most important al-Qaida jihadists now in custody were caught for us by Musharraf's government: the mastermind of 9/11 Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, Abu Zubaida, Ramzi Binalshibh and scores of others. But the moment he stumbled, the American Sociopath saw him as a "liability" and abandoned him. As rabid Islamists backed by the rabid "Pakistani Street" began impeachment procedings against him, the US sent its State Dept. sociopaths to pressure him to resign "to ease the transition", just as traitor Jimmi Carter sent traitor Gen. Richard Secord in 1979 to the Shah of Iran under seage by Khomeini revolutionaries to pressure our staunch ally the Shah "to respect the will of the people and give up power". We know what "rewards" we got from Khomeini, don't we?

Ruslan Tokhchukov, EnragedSince1999.

Posted by: Enragedsince1999 at August 18, 2008 2:41 PM

The root cause of all problems has gone.

They abolished Islam? Way to go!

Posted by: Henrik at August 18, 2008 2:43 PM

pakistan is the enemy who attacked us on 9/11.

nabi ZK (pbum)

Posted by: zonie kafir at August 18, 2008 2:51 PM

Wellington is right that things could get worse, but in a very perverted way, that's an improvement! The West generally was awestruck by the taquiyya abilities of both Bhutto and Musharraf, ignoring the former's creation of the Taliban, and the latter's support to other Jihadi groups, including his post 9/11 speech to his people reassuring them that what he was doing with the US was akin to what Mohammed did @ al Hudaibiyya. It would get worse again if an Oxford educated Bilawal Bhutto comes to power, since the smooth talking capability to deceive everybody from the BBC right up to POTUS is restored.

I'd rather see the Qazi of MMA (referenced by DDA earlier) as PM, but failing that, Sharief will do - he isn't as liked in the West, at least not right now.

Posted by: Infidel Pride at August 18, 2008 2:52 PM

Wait a minute! There's a Paki law now against firing bullets into the air?

When did these knuckle-heads figure out gravity?

This can't be good.

Posted by: undaunted at August 18, 2008 2:53 PM

maybe who runs things after Musharraf is gone will turn anti-american (much like ordinary Paki's), and give us an excuse to invade the northwest territory.

Posted by: theygottago at August 18, 2008 3:02 PM

Ruslan. Never in my imagination did it occur to me that the cost of "stopping the violence" in Kosovo would be that the territory would be given to the Albanian KLA thugs. Such an outcome was not in the cards. Would that the violence had continued just a bit longer, or as long as necessary, so that all those ancient churches could have been preserved. I am so sorry my friend. I do feel your rage. Sir, my government is stupid and this I can not change.

nabi ZK (pbum)

Posted by: zonie kafir at August 18, 2008 3:04 PM

I wish I could fire shots to show my joy.

Islamic joy...

Anyway, I don't think this will bring much of an improvement. Sure, people are firing guns in the streets and dancing a bit. But the underlying causes for the country being impossible to rule exist unchallenged (insert suitable selection of madrassas, mosques and Jihadists here), and no secular leader has the guts to challenge that, ever since the country started downhill in 1979.

When I saw Bhutto holding the Quran high, I knew she wouldn't do it.

A bit of high hopes now, complete chaos later. Perhaps having the country break up into its constituent provinces as independent states wouldn't be that bad? Then they can fight each other :)

Posted by: Henrik at August 18, 2008 3:07 PM

Indeed Henrik. To defeat terrorism, step one, break up pakistan.

nabi ZK (pbum)

Posted by: zonie kafir at August 18, 2008 3:13 PM

Did anyone notice how the nabified one really has it in for pakistan?

nabi ZK (pbum)

Posted by: zonie kafir at August 18, 2008 3:15 PM

One Mans treasure is another Mans Junk.

We might as well go after the safe havens in Pakistan. The Government will not go there themselves and it is doubtful they could dislike us anymore if we did so or not.

We could find ourselves having to J-DAM a few things as we fly back and forth

Posted by: flowerknife_us at August 18, 2008 3:18 PM

Musharraf was an obstacle to understanding the true nature of Pakistan. He was just kicking the can down the road and covering over the real problem which is Islam, as Wellington pointed out so well in a previous post.

We will just have to see what we get, now that he is gone.

Posted by: Spot on at August 18, 2008 3:32 PM

And, now, why are we sending them money?

Posted by: tanstaafl at August 18, 2008 3:39 PM

Thank you, zonie kafir.

Ruslan Tokhchukov, EnragedSince1999.

Posted by: Enragedsince1999 at August 18, 2008 3:39 PM

Contrast India with Pakistan. India is an emerging superpower Paki is a solid lower third world cesspool. India has ten times the GDP of India. They are they same people with the exception that Paki is Muslim and India is not. THAT makes all the difference.

Posted by: Kuffar at August 18, 2008 3:40 PM

and give us an excuse to invade the northwest territory.

Eh? I thought the US army was busy propping up Georgia for taunting Russia. Now we'll grant Georgia NATO membership, just to provoke a real reaction from the Bear.

That's stupid. I hope we can refocus on our real enemies soon, rather than being suckered into meaningless squabbles with people who should really be our friends.

And, now, why are we sending them money?

Just because we can?

Actually, we can't, for we're deep in debt. Not us Danish, but most of West Europe and the US Federal Govt. in particular. We have no money to give, can only borrow on their behalf. Which doesn't look like a safe thing to do :(

Posted by: Henrik at August 18, 2008 3:51 PM

At least with Mushareff we had the devil we know...

Posted by: gymgal at August 18, 2008 1:29 PM

... so this devil will either become a professor at a renowned university or become a highly paid lobbyist or consultant for a multi-national corporation.

So anyway, it looks to me as if mushareff has fulfilled his "political" purposes and will exit Paki's "stage right" for now.

He no doubt has a huge golden parachute with which to float down softly somewhere in the West.

Posted by: witness at August 18, 2008 4:13 PM

Maybe now Pakistan will go the way the Mughal Empire did post Aurangzeb-and We along with India can encourage that. We can start encouraging rebellions in Pakistan, amongst the Sindh, Balochistan, PoK and elsewhere. India, if it has any of the remaining Hindu/Budhdist spirit of its ancestors, i.e. the Rajputs who took on the Mughals, Shivaji and the Marathas, Rani of Jhansi, it'll know how to proceed. It can annex the Sindh, thus regaining a huge chunck of territory it should have never lost in the 1947 partition. It might seem like a lose-lose sitaution for india, gaining another muslim state, but not at all really. It could start resettling the Hindu Sindhis, who lost their ancestral home in the Partition, start emptying the state of Mohajirs and making them leave to West Punjab or NWFP, and end up with a state of Sindhi Hindus, dilating the Islamic presence, and the Muslim ethnic Sindhis, far more liberal and advanced in their outlook and whom have always thought more highly of India than Pakistan. Then, rebellions in Balochistan and PoK can be used to further weaken the Pakis, especially Balochistan, which if it was independent would leave Pakis without vital resources to steal, just weak in every sense of the word.

It all depends on if India still has any committed Hindus left in its gov't that won't let the Pakis simply grow out of control as a Jamat Y Islamiyah led state with nukes. That, I natrually wouldn't know.

Posted by: maxwell46&2 at August 18, 2008 4:14 PM

Who's fingers are on the nuclear button? Pakistan has a long history of people who are not afraid to push a button to detonate an explosive...large or small.

Posted by: Infidel One at August 18, 2008 4:16 PM

Who's fingers are on the nuclear button?

Asking such relevant and pertinent questions is discouraged. It might cause embarrassment to certain high-ranking individuals.

Yeah, it's a compounding problem. I'm sure the Bush administration has something to say along the lines of "Don't worry, things are under control."

Somehow, I prefer worrying...

Posted by: Henrik at August 18, 2008 4:29 PM

"Thank God he's resigned. The country will do much better now. It's a victory for the people....."

..said a Taliban spokesperson.

Posted by: Un:dhimmi at August 18, 2008 4:31 PM

"Fanaticism plus Machiavellianism plus brutality equals Islamic Pakistan."

"Print out that last bit, and put it on your refrigerator, under the title: Pakistan.",Hugh posted above, quoting David McCutcheion.
Truer words were never said; add POSTING it to other sites you visit, WITH Source of course.

Posted by: CHOI at August 18, 2008 4:37 PM

"Fanaticism plus Machiavellianism plus brutality equals Islamic Pakistan."

Interesting.

Last month I spoke to a student who wanted an apartment in a property and he asked me if there were any muslims living there. I said not at the moment but it would be illegal to try to exclude them. He replied “Well some muslims are OK but Pakistani muslims are arrogant, aggressive and cause trouble in the world wherever they go”.

He was from Sri Lanka. Does this make him racist or islamophobic?

Posted by: Fred at August 18, 2008 4:57 PM

For Fred,

I suspect it might depend on the personal perspectives of individual forum members. However, I as a general rule would be highly against making generalizations, as would Mr. Spencer - I doubt he would approve of the statement made by your Sri Lankan friend. Moreover, just like with Iranians and Bangladeshis, while many of the masses are naturally uber-primitive jihadis with a one track mind for religious hatred, there is certainly an enlightened segment of the population you can find attending elite colleges and grad schools across America, owning successful companies, working as doctors, lawyers, professors, and so on and so forth, [not that I'm suggesting all of them are loyal, trustworthy American citizens by any means, but nonetheless still stands that they are all not primitive losers].

The flip side is, Pakistanis are known to be some of the most disturbingly Islamic people in the world, intent on trying to out-Arab the Arabs, with no cultural identity other than their Muslim one and whose country not only shelters and doesn't go after terrorists but actually trains them to attack India and the West as well. They are widely known to be only slightly less fanatic than the Afghanis and Saudis, so while the Sri Lankan in question is making generalizations, they can be justified and understandable given the circumstances. And while some would say it's "Islamophobic", it's certainly not racist, since it's been emphasized I don't know how many times that Pakis are predominantly Indians mind warped into thinking of themselves as Turks and Arabs, hence they are not a unique race of any kind no matter how much they want to make believe they are.

Posted by: maxwell46&2 at August 18, 2008 5:17 PM

"The root cause of all problems has gone". no it hasn't. we have a bill in congress that will grant even more mlitery and economic aid to pakistan. all this aid will off course go towards fighting future wars with India as well as supporting all manners of terror activities. mushraff played the role of an american "war on terror" partner but his heart as with all his jihad supporting militery and government.

Posted by: desidude at August 18, 2008 7:41 PM

maxwell

India first has to develop the balls to do something about their own Mohammedan problem, before they try to dismantle Pak. Problem is - everybody - the US, India, EU, et al has rosy views about Pakistan's future. In India, MSM commentators were already gushing at the 'return to democracy' of Pakistan: they'll get back to their bitching mode once jihadi activity resumes.

Until the Infidel world is on the same page on Islam as we are - and not just abstracted into individual problem countries, such as Pakistan, Iran, et al, nothing is going to happen to Pakistan.

Nor any other Islamic country, for that matter.

Posted by: Infidel Pride at August 18, 2008 10:37 PM

Wellington,

The root cause of the problem is "islam". The pakistanis were hindus who converted to islam by 500 years of islamic rule on the indian subcontinent mostly by force. As the virus of islam spreads we have with it all the other illeffects. The Parsees (Zoroastrians) who have the highest population in india compared to iran where the religion existed before islam have assimilated in india. The muslims as is with islam will not assimilate into any other religion. they also practice a kind of getto culture as islam forbids friendship wit non-believers. This is the links provided by dumbledoresarmy
http://voiceofdharma.org/books/mssmi/
http://www.voiceofdharma.com/books/tlmr/index.htm
This sums up what Islam is all about. No matter who is incharge it will be ISLAM all the way. Paki, Iran, Saudi are the real axis of evil and till they are strong enough peace on earth will be distant.

Posted by: greaticon at August 18, 2008 11:51 PM

I happen to feel things could get much, much worse in Pakistan than they are now. Certainly Musharraf has been duplicitous in his dealings with the West, but in case anyone has forgotten, Pakistan has been responsible for the killing or capture of more Al Qaeda than any ally other than Iraq.

Pakistan could fracture...its nuclear weapons falling into the hands of one faction or another. Or the Islamists could take over completely and the rest of the country acquiesce in the name of national unity.

No doubt, things could also improve (from a Western perspective), depending on the unfolding of events. But anyone who thinks things couldn't be worse in Pakistan is lacking in imagination; I can ponder some very plausible and horrifying possibilities.

Posted by: Cornelius at August 19, 2008 12:08 AM

Nor any other Islamic country, for that matter.

Posted by: Infidel Pride at August 18, 2008 10:37 PM

........ that, and that alone, will tilt the scale decisively. But that is not going to be easy. As readers already know, FBI, CIA, State Dept. and the White House, are firmly in the grip of Islam. Yes, unsuspecting Americans elected Bush to White House as an alternative to Bush's 'Skull & Bones' colleague, not realizing that they are selling their kids to Islam. Ofcourse, it was a tough choice, but now that it is known that Bush is in White House for his wahhabbi family in Riyadh, waging wars, appeasing Islam: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010917-11.html ...... sacrificing American dollars, blood and lives for his wahhabbi masters. Heck, after getting American votes, all he needed was Amwrican tax-dollars and blood, which he gladly sacrificed for his wahhabbi masters. The right thing to do is to impeach the traitor in the white house. And that, if Americans want to survive the Islamic onslaught, brought about by their own president/commander-in-chief; it is a tough choice, but this is only the begining:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShhNWIuTitU
If still in doubt, ask Wafa Sultan: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52962

Finally, let the Republicans not tell you that you are a liberaal/communist. Islam does not care for a Dem/Repub/Communist. Allah has declared war on anything outside of "Dar Al-Islam", which includes all infedels and Allah shows no mercy to unbelievers.

Posted by: Alert at August 19, 2008 12:09 AM

greaticon

Not just the Parsees, but also the Jews and Christians have had no problems assimilating. The Jews, unlike those in Europe, have never felt compelled to immigrate to Israel, (even during India's 'Non-Aligned' Cold War hatred of Israel, never were anti-Indian): OTOH, India is a favorite destination for Israeli tourists.

Mohammedans, OTOH, when they aren't rooting for Pakistan, are rooting for expansion of shariah within India. Just look at Jammu and Amarnath, as case exhibit A.

Posted by: Infidel Pride at August 19, 2008 12:17 AM

People, please email knighttemplar and download and watch the attachment. It is a powerpoint file, and it does get the message across.

WARNING : EXTREMELY GRAPHIC CONTENT. SENSITIVE PEOPLE ADVISED NOT TO WATCH.

knightemplar2,
Thank you for this brief but powerful show. Can't you put it up on a site such as youtube so that everyone can download it directly from their servers ? What with the spyware and malware scare nowadays people are afraid of downloading attachments from unknown sources.

Posted by: arjun.sevak at August 19, 2008 4:21 AM

Another note to JWers ; If you are afraid of disclosing your email id, create a new one and use it for spreading this slide show only. Yes, this presentation is that good.

Posted by: arjun.sevak at August 19, 2008 4:26 AM

I have to say, I do blame Bush for some of this going on(and I...uh..voted for him...twice...oy!). He pushed and pushed and pushed for non democratic countries to have "democracy" and voting. So, what happens? These countries want to go back to the dark ages and the dangerous side of Islam.

Some things Bush probably had to do, granted. But basically forcing democracy to take hold in some of these countries will be, I'm afraid, his most dangerous mistake.

Posted by: samhein at August 19, 2008 8:23 AM

I totally agree with the comments by maxwell46&2.

Henrik, please know we Hindus love Denmark. I and my friends do everything to support Denmark and Danish products. Tuborg and Carlseberg are our favorite beers. You do produce good and brave cartoonists!

On a related topic: Pakis are angry and confused and, therefore, so fanatical. They are converted Hindus, forced to convert during barbaric Muslim rule in India. So, culturally, they are Indic. They adopted an alien religion from culturally inferior Arabia. But, the Arabs don't accept them as true Muslims because Pakis are not Arabs. This has created a huge identity crisis for the Pakis which makes them try to out-Arab the Arabs.

Posted by: IndianTiger at August 19, 2008 1:07 PM

Some things Bush probably had to do, granted. But basically forcing democracy to take hold in some of these countries will be, I'm afraid, his most dangerous mistake.

Posted by: samhein at August 19, 2008 8:23 AM

Sorry but chief of the US executive branch, commander-in-chief of the mightiest army on the planet and treasury of the USA, Bush "had to do" nothing that was NOT in US interest. Americans forget that 'most powerful post on earth', comes with national responsibilities and constitutional obligations, whose first and last interest are "We, the people". The "swearing ceremony", carries it's own sanctity, which most Americans seem to treat as a national party (pun intended).

Posted by: Alert at August 19, 2008 2:44 PM