Re: Why India is not Pakistan
In general I agree to the article but disagree with this part
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The clincher is in the comparison between how the Delhi and Islamabad bombings were covered.** Delhi did not even make it to the front page of the New York Times. Heck, it was hard to find any coverage on it. But the Islamabad incident went to the front page and stayed there. Why? Because this is supposed evidence of Pakistan's vulnerability to the Al-Qaeda and so on and so forth.** Delhi's bombings? Oh, the usual stuff the US can't care about. I wonder if the Presidential candidates even commented on it
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For heaven sake, Delhi did not make it to the front-pages becasue India is in the good books of western media. Any negative news seldom makes it to the front page when India is involved but incident of same (or even less intensity) stays at the front-pages and columns for ages if Pakistan is included.
Have you ever read about the burning of churches and Christians in India on front pages of Washington Post or Ny Times? a big NO but wait and see a church or temple go on fire in Pakistan and it will be discussed for ever. NGO's will invite (all paid trip btw) the effected parties to Washington for seminars and give some some-thing-medal of honor etc!