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The Rupert Murdock organization thinks it has won the battle and the war. Actually its meager success has destroyed our prestige around he world and bankrupted our society. We are not talking about the financial meltdown. We can will will eventually recover from the depression–it the moral bankruptcy that has to be fought in the nooks and crannies where intellectual capital hides.
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
“Forward, the Light Brigade!
“Charge for the guns!” he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
2. “Forward, the Light Brigade!”
Was there a man dismay’d?
Not tho’ the soldier knew
Someone had blunder’d:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
3. Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley’d and thunder’d;
Storm’d at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.
4. Flash’d all their sabres bare,
Flash’d as they turn’d in air,
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wonder’d:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro’ the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel’d from the sabre stroke
Shatter’d and sunder’d.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.
5.Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley’d and thunder’d;
Storm’d at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro’ the jaws of Death
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.
6. When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honor the charge they made,
Honor the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred.
Copied from Poems of Alfred Tennyson, J. E. Tilton and Company, Boston, 1870
The chorus of criticism grew two days before Asif Ali Zardari is expected to be chosen as president in a vote by legislators.
A spokesman said Zardari condemned Wednesday’s pre-dawn assault in the South Waziristan tribal region. It killed at least 20 people, officials say, and was the first known foreign ground assault in Pakistan against a Taliban haven.
The media cannot and will not speak. The silence is deafening!
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- It is a document that hides the nature of the US operations in those countries behind an emasculated technospeak, rendering the true nature of the killing and destruction done in the name of the people of the US and the west
- …, the task is to kill those who don’t want you there and convince the others that they are either better off with the occupier
- deciding factor in favor of the US occupying forces is their ability to kill with overwhelming force. Naturally, the indigenous population is aware of this–a fact which causes many to go along with the occupier merely as a means to survive
- report is essentially an analyst’s blueprint for perfecting the occupation of a country with the idea that the eventual result will be domination of the locals’ minds, culture and economy, with the domination of the geography of secondary consideration or of no consideration at all.
- the RAND study ignores the human and creative face of resistance by reducing ever element to a quantitative possibility with only so many possible outcomes.
- The numbers it quotes and the classifications it makes hide the true intent and outcome of the imperial military’s actions much like the statistical sheets maintained by men like Adolf Eichmann hid the true nature of the crimes against humanity perpetrated in the removal of Jewish Germans from the fatherland
- It is repeated in the newspeak of government officials and the sycophantic media that reports their words without challenging their consequences
- The circle of complicity is completed when the public accepts the arguments made by those officials and media as being the only argument that exists.
- Imperial blindness: Another Empire stuck in Af-Pak quagmire unable to extricate itself out of Kipling’s hell.
“Pakistanis say NATO raid killed 7 civilians (Sept. 4): Does national sovereignty mean nothing anymore? By attacking Pakistan, the United States is de-legitimizing the new government, contributing to civil breakdown and encouraging new pockets of insurgency that will not respect the rule of law.
No developing country can stand up to NATO – by default Pakistanis will have no respect for their government, which cannot protect them against such raids. If in the wake of the 9/11 attacks the aim of the United States was to create a path of failing states (Afghanistan, Iraq, now Pakistan) then it is a job well done. If NATO troops are willing to trespass onto the soil of Pakistan, which they consider their allies, to what lengths will they go to attack their foes? Erum Shazia Hasan, Ottawa
Static on the American-Pakistani connection: A disconnect? . Pakistani FATA was used by the CIA and 52 other intelligence agencies to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan. Armed training was part of the support that was provided to the FATA Pakhtuns.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi condemned the attack, saying “no important terrorist or high-value target” was killed but that innocent citizens, including women and children were “targeted.”
GWOT should be replaced with Police Action & Swat teams. The media generically describes all activity in FATA as Taliban or Al-Qaeda activity. This is simply not true. The Taliban are a relic of the past and dissolved back into the countryside. There are more than 36 armed groups fighting the occupation forces in Afghanistan. Ironically most of them are the very same groups that were supported by the US in fighting the USSR in Afghanistan. FATA is also inhabited by victims of Russian oppression in Uzbekistan and the former Soviet republics who face strong insurrections.
Earlier, foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Sadiq said the US ambassador to Islamabad had been summoned, “and a very strong protest was conveyed to her.” “The ambassador said that she would convey it to her government,” Sadiq added.
India a secret player in Afghanistan: Bases—Lashkargarh, Qushila Jadid,Khahak,Hassan Killies. The impact of the US attack on Pakistani territory is long term and has bad consequences for American foreign policy and the region. They hypocrisy of criticising the Russian invasion of Georgia and then doing the same thing in Pakistan does not bade well for global US interests and the rule of law. If Pakistani sovereignty is violated and the treaty of Westphalia has no significance then why would Georgian territory be sacrosanct?
Pakistan vowed to defend its territory against foreign intrusion yesterday as anger mounted after a raid on a border village, which US officials later confirmed had been carried out by their special forces.
“We have a resolve and we have national consensus in Pakistan to defend our territorial integrity,” Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the foreign minister, told parliament. “We will not compromise on any violation of our sovereignty.”
THE PAKISTANI RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF THREATS: Mountbatten, Nehru, Indira, Kruschev, Johnson, Carter, Kissinger (Nixon), Gobachov, Clinton, Armitage (Bush), Karzia (Bush and Vajpayee/Sing) have all threatened Pakistan: The Pakistanis are used to it…so what else is new?!! Pakistan’s Nuclear Program should be seen in the backdrop of these threats. There is no purpose to the US drine attacks in Pakistan. Already 30,000 FATA residents have been killed–most of them innocent women and children. More than 250,000 are homeless and refugees in their own country. The advantage of getting a high value target in FATA outweighs the human cost of the attacks and drone bombings.
“This was a complete botch-up. The Americans went wild upon receiving what has turned out to be very faulty intelligence,” said one Pakistani diplomat.
Opposition leaders used the occasion to condemn the government for its failure to defend Pakistan’s interests.
“The government must defend our frontiers. America has disregarded all norms of law,” said Javaid Hashmi, a senior leader of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
Shireen Mazari speaks on Afghanistan, Kashmir and Pakistan. Anti-Americanism is at all time high in Pakistan becuase of these raids. Elections for the Senate are due in a few months. If the raids continue, Anti-American politicians will come to power and reverse the US-Pakistani alliance. This may have long term consequences for American interests in the region. Does Pakistan have a Hizbullah type of defense against invasions?
The army called the attack an act of aggression which undermined the fight against militancy. 
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Failure and defeat in Afghanistan. Payback for Pakistan. Shireen Mazari clearly resents the “Do More” mantra. Pakistani Cheese for Western “whine”. Invoices for services rendered.Many Americans have threatened Pakistan. Kissinger and other Americans threatened Pakistan.
Pakistanis want to hear “Thank You” from the ingrate Americans. Nothing is good enough!. this message has not gotten to Washington. Pakistanis to USA: We want “Friends Not Masters”.
Missiles fired from an unmanned aircraft have killed at least five people in the Pakistani tribal region of North Waziristan. According to local residents and officials, two women and three children died in the strike.
This is the third attack on militants operating from Pakistani soil in the past few days. On Wednesday, a helicopter strike allegedly carried out by US-led forces in South Waziristan left 20 dead, including women and children. On Thursday, at least five Taliban militants were killed when a missile from a pilotless plane hit a house in North Waziristan.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani parliament yesterday passed resolutions condemning an American-led attack on its territory after the government summoned the US ambassador to protest the unusually bold raid.
The chorus of criticism grew two days before Asif Ali Zardari is expected to be chosen as president in a vote by legislators. US strike claims innocent lives in Pakistan, Last updated: Friday 05 September 2008 11:53 UTC
A spokesman said Zardari condemned Wednesday’s pre-dawn assault in the South Waziristan tribal region. It killed at least 20 people, officials say, and was the first known foreign ground assault in Pakistan against a Taliban haven.
But Zardari also said Pakistan stands with the US against international terrorism.
“Chief among the challenges that all Pakistanis face is the threat of global terrorism, demonstrated again in this week’s assassination attempt against Prime Minister Gilani,” Zardari said in an article in the Washington Post.
“I will work to defeat the domestic Taliban insurgency and to ensure that Pakistani territory is not used to launch terrorist attacks on our neighbours or on Nato forces in Afghanistan,” he added.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi condemned the attack, saying “no important terrorist or high-value target” was killed but that innocent citizens, including women and children were “targeted.”
He said the raid was a shameful violation of rules of engagement agreed with US-led forces in Afghanistan. “We will not compromise on any violation of our sovereignty,” Qureshi told the National Assembly.
Pakistan army spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas, citing witness and intelligence reports, said troops flew in on at least one big CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter, blasted their way into several houses and gunned down men they found there.
Army and intelligence officials as well as residents said 15 people died, while the provincial governor said 20 civilians, including women and children, were killed.
Pakistan’s Senate and National Assembly passed resolutions condemning the attack.
Earlier, foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Sadiq said the US ambassador to Islamabad had been summoned, “and a very strong protest was conveyed to her.” “The ambassador said that she would convey it to her government,” Sadiq added.
A senior Pakistani official said that the coalition had indicated that Wednesday’s early morning raid was carried out in response to rocket attacks that targeted their camp in Afghanistan late Tuesday.
The White House, meanwhile, refused to comment directly on the attacks.
Spokeswoman Dana Perino said US authorities were “working to increase co-ordination and co-operation and supporting the Pakistanis, as we work to fight against the Taliban in a coordinated way.” “In regards to the reports about that incident, we have not commented, and I won’t today,” she said.
Wednesday’s attack met with outrage in Pakistan. There were calls in parliament to retaliate in cases of incursions into Pakistani territory by foreign troops. It is widely believed that US forces have stepped up their anti-Taliban offensive to reduce the chances of terrorist attacks ahead of Pakistan’s presidential elections on Saturday.
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. ~Abraham Lincoln In 1821 
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Pakistan’s do more list for the USA 
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NATO war: UK 1880 defeats in Afghanistan
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Rescueing the Pashtuns of Afghania from Afghanistan 
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Master US have every right to hit anywhere in its slave Pakistan. If Pakistan getting billions on $$ in the name of ally in war on terrorism and doing nothing, then US has to do the job.
Well done US but too late to less.
FULL DISCLOSURE ON THIS COMMENTATOR:
The alias used by this person (Munir Ahmed) is as false as his fake email id. He writes from the Republic of India and is certinaly not a Muslim. He has used several other false names before. This is one of the few posts this person has used where he was not abusive to the the Editor, Paksitan and Islam.
We have published his his comments to show the venom and true sick nature of some people who show glee on the death of innocent civilians, women and children.
Several innocent people died in the raid.
This commentator’s hapiness on the death of Pakistanis diplays a pathological hatred which is hard to understand, unless one is the victim of the genocide of Muslims in Gujarat or incarcerated in the mass prison called Kashmir.
We have delted most of his post full of abuse and venom. This classic one is saved for posterity.
People like his commentator are assigned to this site, to attempt to constantly harass the editor. His slander is a felony offense in the US. We have his information which can and will be forwarded to the authorities
Coward Paki again deleted by posts. HEHEHEHEHEHEHE
Ansari you are a true Pakistani. [:D]