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1. Ana
Obviously you have no clue what is political islam. If you think the politics of pakistan is representative of islam then you are more niave than i thought.
You do not begrudge the united states through its blood sweat and tears and nuclear bombing of japan not once but twice, its chemical genocide in Veitnam, its sanctions and its depleted uranium nuclear attacks on iraq for past 11 years, its countless instigated wars, its countless support of the very dictators you speak against!
The united states may very well not allow an oppenent to take root but nothing lasts forever and the united states is not as strong as it appear the first rule of war is based on deception!
America cannot attack afghanistan without the permission of pakistan aswell as use its bases. America cannot attack iraq without help and permission of all them corrupted gulf states how you going to move US navys 5ft fleet into persian gulf you gonna teletransport them are you tell me
Just like britain in its colonial past it relies on other nations for resources and implementation of its foreign polices. Cut these links then what will it do.
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Ah. Now that the turkey is successfully dead, I am in the mood to answer this.
Answers follow as below.
ak47
Political Islam - if it is not the politics being played out by - not necessarily just Pakistan but almost all the other "Islamic" nations as well - then what is it?
Political Islam only exists insofar as it is given a reason and a validity to exist. Shariat-based Islam is not "Political Islam", it is the embodiment of Islamic ideology into codified law as exemplified in the Qur'an and according to the Hadith.
The word political has dirty and base connotations to it.
What Al Qaida has erupted is Political Islam. Hudood Ordinance is Political Islam. Khilafat of House of Saud and the spread of wahabism is Political Islam. Islamic practice connected to the engenderment of power, prestige and privilege is Political Islam.
These are not Islamic Shariah applied to law, but misinterpretations or fallacious interpretations of Islamic injunctions. I think there is a very big difference between true Shariah meant to assist mankind in daily life, as put forward by Muhammed SAW and the Qur’an - which no country practices in the true sense - and the brand of Shariah that is actually followed, which caters to itself in making its own convoluted ideology stronger while enriching its non-islamic coffers.
Modern Political Islam is something which can be bought and sold, and has some trading value. It is separate, distinct – and in fact very much stands far apart – from religious practice. It has its own agenda, which may or may not involve the guidance of the Qur’an. It has its own whims and fancies. It is a stand-alone monster that does not require Islam as its foundation at all. It only requires weapons, and willing hands to hold and aim them.
Political Islam of today might as well be called Political Orthodox Christianity, Political Orthodox Judaism, or any other extremist system that puts the notion of God up above on the highest shelf and leaves it there, beyond human reach, while it goes about the task of making the world an unfit place to live for everyone else.
Yes. The US was a superpower, it perceived a threat to its sovereignty, it acted according to whatever self-preservation instincts got kicked it. Cruel, but fact is fact. It thinks only of itself, and perhaps justly so.
You are right, the US is not as strong as it appears. In fact, it is even stronger, and appearances can be deceptive. The fact that Dubya, acting like a weakling went around “begging” nations to join him in a coalition against terrorism, and they ultimately did end up joining his fight, even tho a matter of 3k people dying in a blast is no big deal – happens in their countries or around the world somewhere or the other almost on a monthly basis - speaks immensely for the true power that he yields. And as the President of the US, and the son of a former President (who himself was not in anyway passive in office, while also having on his resume the title of Director of the CIA and having access to extrordinarily worthless connections as a result), the power Beta W yields would translate logically, in any marketplace, to the power the US yields. Appearances can be deceptive. Correct.
The fact that the CIA is now the strongest intelligence agency in the world, also makes those appearances - weaker.
- The US did not require Pakistani permission to attack Afghanistan. It only needed Pakistani launch-pads for liftoff and landing. The US, in case u have not noticed, does not ask permission for things. It does not need to.
In return for landing rights, Pakistan’s economy was put to rights. Sanction removal was only one of the fruits offered, in case, again, u have not noticed. For a wealthy nation, as well as a wealthy man reeling from siphoning off billions from Enron, money is no object.
As far as the Gulf is concerned, the US did not ask the people of the Middle East if we would like those bases there. It asked – quietly – the ruling classes, and since it holds a number of important promissory notes from those said classes, they had little choice but to acquiesance gracefully. Thus, bases were established almost overnight in the gulf states, that are now so immune to loud night club music and garish neon lights that they would willingly unearth and sell their dead and buried mothers for that last shot of tequila.
The US, as I have emphatically stated, does not need no one’s permission to raid their houses. It owns those houses, and if the temporary man of the house or the tenants complain, landlord rights state that those people may be put out of their misery unconditionally and without a hint of regret.
- Britain, France, Germany, Canada, even insignificant puny little Italy – all have pledged their support – tacit, verbal, written, or otherwise – in the US-spearheaded war against “terror”. In return, each of these nations gets, as usual, something or the other as gratitude. There are many donkeys out there, and just as many carrots. There is only one dangler, and that is the US. US Foreign Policy is Everybody’s Foreign Policy, until just “they” remain foreigners, and those foreigners are then colonized to silent slavery. MacDonalds Big Macs will only help in this war, be sure to do your duty and shell out four quid or three bucks or whatever to support capitalism, Big Brother, and the return to the pre-emancipation era, only this time history books will not call it the British Raj, it’ll be The Life and Times of Oil Slick Dubya.
Happy Thanksgiving.
i am dying to know 