Moslem memory

Submitted by Ianus (Poland), Jun 28, 2008 at 03:57

Khaled Al-Mutairy wrote :

>Pakistan has lost over 1000 troops fighting america's war on terrorism in its backyard.<

First of all, it's not just America's war on terrorism but every non-Moslem's war on Moslem terrorism. Furthermore, Pakistani army's losses seem not that high compared to what it suffered at the hand of the Indian army. E.g. in 1971 "the entire 100,000 Pakistani army on the Bengali front, consisting primarily of the 9th, the 14th, and the 36th infantry divisions, was completed destroyed.

About 90,000 Pakistani servicemen became POWs, including 74,000 soldiers of the regular army and 16,000 members of various government paramilitary forces." Given a different nature of the Pakistani army's involvement in Waziristan it seems that the level of inefficiency has remained constant.

>As a result, Pakistan was traumatized by a wave of suicide bombings in 2007. Suicide bombing was an unheard of phenomenon in Pakistan until it joined the war on terror.<

Pakistani jihadists preferred killings and raids in Kashmir. Now instead of fighting the hated Hindus they were told to fight their brother jihadists. Indeed, it must have "traumatized" them.

>Pakistan has arrested more taliban and al-qaida terrorists than ANY other country.<

The reason is clear. Pakistan is the heart of the Taliban/al-Qaida darkness. The numbers of those arrested reflect just the magnitude of terrorism in Waziristan where the state control is almost totally absent. The numbers say nothing about the efficiency of Pakistan's war on its own terrorists which is as all in Pakistan miserable.

>Pakistan has cooperated with America more than any other country for the war on terrorism.<

The Pakistani military know that without the US help they are lost. The cooperation was never sincere and thorough though.

>Pakistan is among the only Muslim democracies, and key to american success in Afghanistan.<

Democracy and Islam are mutually exclusive terms. Pakistan is a covert Oriental military dictatorship with parliamentary window dressing. How many coups d'etat has Pakistan experience since independence?

>Was is Pakistan or America that first created Taliban and Al-Qaida? İ wonder?<

No, it was Islam that was the midwife of both. >how convenient for you americans to have a weak memory span<

How useful and how typically Islamic to mention only those things that serve the purpose of Islam's self-glorification.

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