tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post3700593364058638687..comments2024-03-28T14:32:19.334+00:00Comments on Who Would Have Believed The Singularity Would Be So Stupid?: Shortcut to Nuclear Caliphate - PakistanPastoriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-52276299308221421332007-12-27T20:50:00.000+00:002007-12-27T20:50:00.000+00:00From what I can tell, wherever Islam is given powe...From what I can tell, wherever Islam is given power things get darker. <BR/><BR/>This is why I don't understand the Filipino appeasement of Islam in Mindanao, or the Israeli appeasement of Islam in the West Bank or Gaza. It just doesn't make sense given the history. <BR/><BR/>I guess, from one point of view, it makes sense. That is, if you can't get along with a people, then sepapate from them.<BR/><BR/>But, Pakistan and Gaza are good examples of what happens when one takes that as the solution.<BR/><BR/>The other solution? Well, as frightening as Gaza and Pakistan are, I guess the other solution is too frightening to contemplate.Pastoriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-76224017456373407552007-12-27T18:37:00.000+00:002007-12-27T18:37:00.000+00:00I think that’s history. The Western part of Pakist...I think that’s history. <BR/><BR/>The Western part of Pakistan, Waziristan, is semi-autonomous. It is a fundamentalist breeding grounds. <BR/><BR/>Let’s remember that Pakistan created and installed the Taliban in Afghanistan. There are pro-Taliban individuals in Pakistan’s ISI and its military. <BR/><BR/>The jihadists have also been operating in the eastern border against India, especially in Kashmir. <BR/><BR/>The educated secular old-guard is in retreat. <BR/><BR/>Remember our old friend (I forget his name Eteratz?) who used to frequent this venue talking about creating a new moderate Islam? Remember his story about visiting his childhood home in Pakistan and the vast cultural changes? <BR/><BR/>While Pakistan was created as an Islamic nation, it was originally Muslim in name only as far as government policy was concerned. Like India, it had British influence. However, after 60 years it has slowly become a dark fundamentalist country where religion is expanding to darken every corner and every soul. <BR/><BR/>Can it be salvaged or is the decay too far? I’m not hopeful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-64878794861738772752007-12-27T16:23:00.000+00:002007-12-27T16:23:00.000+00:00Jason,I don't know much about Pakistan. However, i...Jason,<BR/>I don't know much about Pakistan. However, if they elected Bhutto Prime Minister twice before, then they are not your average Muslim nation. India is a rarity in the world for having elected female leaders. It would seem to me the fact that Pakistan had also done so would indicate that they must have retained some of their Hindu culture.<BR/><BR/>What do you think?Pastoriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-77544406357272467502007-12-27T14:07:00.000+00:002007-12-27T14:07:00.000+00:00It's almost surreal. A country with such a politic...It's almost surreal. A country with such a political mess, with Musharaf hanging in power by a thread, a country where at least two huge regions - waziristan and baluchistan - are totally out of the government control, posesses nuclear weapons. It just cannot get more surreal than that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com