The average American couldn’t care less about Cuba and only a tiny portion of the foreign policy elite’s attention is given to Cuba. It simply cannot be compared to the Pakistani obsession with India and Israel. India at least makes some sense since it is next door and because of Kashmir. Israel makes no sense.
Yeah, I see so many Muslims talking about Tibet or at Tibet rallies. Come on.
Christians bombed Christians to save Muslims–twice in the 90’s in the Balkans.
Here is a comparison based on the UN’s human development index.
The darker the green the better, the next group is yellow, the third group is orange, and the red hues are the worst with the more red in a nation the less developed it is. The map speaks for itself. Saudi Arabia is green due to oil. The only Muslim country in green on merit is Malaysia. In contrast, most of Latin America is a green and the rest is at least yellow.
India today is basically on par with Pakistan in development. However, it is accepted, at least outside of Pakistan, that India is rapidly growing and will likely become a superpower in a few decades. No one is projecting Pakistan to grow rapidly. Pakistan may not even exist in a decade if it does not assert control of its territory and evict anti-government terrorist forces.
Yes but the level of freedom and liberty in, say the US or Sweden, are far greater than that in Bangladesh or Yemen.
The Western mold has worked in the East. Look at Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Sure, there will be some local adjustments (for example even the US has differences with the “mother country” of Britain and the “sister country” of Canada) but the basic concepts remain.
What about Japan? Japan has been a world power since the late 19th century. What about the meteoric rise of the Asian tigers? South Korea was on par with Egypt in 1970; now it is is a borderline developed country and still growing rapidly while Egypt has not progressd at all.
Those areas are progressing now. Read the “Post-American World” by Indian-American Muslim Fareed Zakaria. Everyone knows China is rising, most people know India is rising (although I presume this is kept hidden as much as possible in the Pak media) but other countries are also rising, such as South Korea and Brazil. The problem is nearly every country rising at a great rate is non-Muslim.
Actually on minority rights Muslims have basically stayed the same for 1,000 years and may even have regressed in some cases (i.e. Jews). You cited Australia, America, and Germany. Yes and look at them today. America now has a black president! These countries have changed rapidly. Muslim countries have been basically frozen on the front for 1,000 years. A big problem is shariah and molvis. There is no conception of equal rights for minorities in shariah or in the minds of molvis. This is a shame because Muhammad’s Constitution of Medina did explicitly provide equal rights for minorities.
I have never heard a Muslim complain about the Kurds or Tibet. It is always Palestine, Palestine, Palestine and if the person is Pakistani, Kashmir is mentioned every now and then. More complaints are given about things like the French ban on religious symbols than Darfur. How do I know? I grew up with Muslims, went to the mosque throughout my childhood, went to numerous Pakistani community functions, etc. I still go to some functions when I am at my parent’s home on a given weekend. They talk a lot about politics and the focus is always on Israel, the US, with a little discussion of India. Maybe Pakistanis in Pakistan are different but this is what I have observed from Pakistani immigrants in the US and their offspring, along with some Arabs.
No one protested Stalin or Hitler. Does that mean Jews liked Hitler’s policies or no one in Russia objected to Stalin? Saudi Arabia does not even allow people to assemble publicly so how can a protest be organized?
Sure but its impact is overstated. It simply made the disease worse; it did not create the disease. Plus, other countries have come out of colonialism/military occupation much better than Muslim states (such as the US, Canada, Japan, Germany). Just look at Greece. It came out of Turkish imperialism and is now much more affluent than Turkey.
Kashmir is a waste of resources to prepare for a war that can never be won by Pakistan. Pakistan should give up on that. I thought you were against taking other people’s land?
I am not an apologist. I am a realist. Who is going to force India to hold a plebiscite on Kashmir? Plus, extend that logic. Would Pakistan hold plebiscites on Baluchistan or the Northwest Province? China on Tibet? Iran/Turkey/Iraq on the Kurds? Russia on Checyna and Dagestona? Georgie on South Ossetia? And so on. See why it will never happen? Even if India could somehow be forced to hold such a vote–and this cannot be done–there will not be a will to do it because of the precedent it would set.
Legislation can do a lot. 45 years ago Obama could not even be served at a restaurant in North Carolina; in 2008 he won North Carolina. That is quite a change and would not have happened without legislation. Legislation comes first, changed attitudes second.
I concede I am no expert on Wazirstan. My question is that if Pakistan cannot crush terrorists there how can it ever take Kashmir from a much more powerful and larger country?