Arvind kumar calls Biden a criminal in essence

powerful must-read essay from Arvind Kumar indicts #biden and #democrats for causing suffering all over by supporting dictators, notably #polpot, #idiamin, #mobutu, #mugabe, #khomeini, #duvalier, #gaddafi, #saddam, #zia, #taliban, #houthis, #yunus et al

https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/from-aiding-pol-pot-and-idi-amin-to-assisting-houthis-and-yunus-the-dubious-legacies-of-democrats-and-biden-13829448.html

Quick notes: Healthier lunch, Barack's strategy...

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• Obama's strategy:

Of course we don't have an #ISIS strategy yet! http://t.co/XxWEbc8LmR #Obama pic.twitter.com/hwWAaTWdt6
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Yezidis stare at genocide..

The 300,000 Yezidis of Kurdistan, one of the world’s oldest religious communities, are facing a humanitarian disaster as a result of the advance of the ISIS into their homeland.

The Yezidi community fears extermination at the hands of Islamic militants if their region falls to ISIS. Their ancient religion, which is related to Zoroastrianism, predates Christianity and Islam but many traditional and radical Muslims dismiss the Yezidis as devil-worshippers. In Mosul, Yezidi workers have been kidnapped and beheaded.... Barrack Hussein is unmoved

Rudaw.net: Yezidis: Living in the Shadow of the Islamic State 

Iran sends a monkey into space

ISRO needs to be more aggressive. We cannot afford to be left behind by anyone in space, nuclear, missile technology - leave alone countries in our extended neighbourhood, irrespective of the state of relations with them.

India has no dearth of apes to send on one way space missions - Digvijay Singh, Suhail Qamar Al Hinde et al are prime candidates for the space voyage.

After all, President Obama, in his first term - altered NASA's mandate from research to "Islamic outreach" and highlighting Arab "contributions" to science. (sic)

http://www.sfgate.com/business/technology/article/Iran-says-it-successfully-sent-a-monkey-into-space-4228462.php

"TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A gray-tufted monkey strapped in a pod resembling an infant's car seat rode an Iranian rocket into space and returned safely, officials said Monday in what was described as a step toward Tehran's goal of a manned space flight... Deleted
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Obama's Speech on Afghan Situation

Obama has given a speech on the state of the situation in Afghanistan. From it, I quote the following:

It's important to remember why we remain in Afghanistan. It was Afghanistan where al Qaeda plotted the 9/11 attacks that murdered 3,000 innocent people. It is the tribal regions along the Afghan-Pakistan border from which terrorists have launched more attacks against our homeland and our allies. And if an even wider insurgency were to engulf Afghanistan, that would give al Qaeda even more space to plan these attacks.

And that's why, from the start, I've been very clear about our core goal. It's not to defeat every last threat to the security of Afghanistan, because, ultimately, it is Afghans who must secure their country. And it's not nation-building, because it is Afghans who must build their nation. Rather, we are focused on disrupting, dismantling and defeating al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and preventing its capacity to threaten America and our allies in the future.

This sounds like an ill-conceived strategy for never-ending fighting there. Since AlQaeda cannot be driven out from Afghanistan while that country remains in chaos without effective government, then the US will be stuck in never-ending skirmishing with AlQaeda and its local jihadi allies, the Taliban. Meanwhile Pak will sit back and keep watching the US aid money rolling in, becoming ever more stubborn and uncooperative while lining their pockets.

Rather than playing a never ending "disrupting" game of hide-and-seek with AlQaeda and its local jihadi affiliates, the US should instead focus on "draining the swamp". And that then brings us to the real solution to this seemingly intractable problem - changing the borders of that chaotic area. Only re-drawing the borders of that place will heal it, because the chaos of that place dates back to the time of British colonial wars of conquest against that region. Britain attempted to conquer the Pathans, and it wasn't very successful, even though it then claimed that the Pathans had been made part of British India. Pakistan then later claimed to have inherited those Pathan lands from British India's partition, and obviously their claim is just as hollow as Britain's was.

When Jinnah sent the Pathans to attack Kashmir in 1948, it was precisely because of his fears that the restive Pathans would follow the Kashmiris' example in also opting out of Pakistan. He was simply attempting to deflect Pathan nationalism and restiveness against the convenient "evil Hindoo Indian" bogeyman, in order to avoid having to deal with Pathan nationalism himself. The Pathan issue is thus the real root cause of the Kashmir dispute.

Likewise, when the Afghan War against the Soviet Union resulted in increased militarization and gun culture among the Pathans, the Pakistani leadership again sought out a new stunt of creating Taliban to invade Afghanistan. They didn't need to invoke an Indian bogeyman to start that misadventure, because they were eagerly proclaiming their desire to re-create a "Silk Road" into Central Asia. But since non-Pathans of northern Afghanistan were not going to be rolled over so easily, Pakistan kept injecting the Taliban with more toxic Islamist 'steroids' to increase their aggressiveness. This made conditions ripe for AlQaeda to thrive, and led to their infamous attacks on the US on 9/11. Now Pakistan is stuck riding out this latest cycle of misadventure, in its never-ending attempt to hang onto the Pathans. The Pathan issue is thus the real cause of the USA's fruitless War on Terror.

Hanging onto the Pathans is only fueling Pakistan's stuntsmanship, as it lurches from one crazy stunt to the next for an ultimately futile goal. Instead of prolonging the misery and chaos of that region, the US needs to simply restore the borders back to their rightful state, so that order can again prevail, and AlQaeda can be purged from its safe havens in the area. Separating the Pathans and the Baloch from the Punjabi grip, and allowing the Pathans to reunify across both sides of the artificial Durand Line, and likewise allowing the Tajiks and Uzbeks of Afghanistan to reunify with their respective motherlands of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, will bring a wave of peace across that region - a peace that was taken away by the British and their Great Game so long ago.

Students Ask Obama Tough Questions

President Obama faced tough questions posed to him by Indian students during his visit.

Obama ♬ Romances ♪ India, Gets Trade Deals

Is Obama romancing India, or is India romancing itself over Obama?
This NewsX report with its romantic mood music seems more suitable for a holiday movie, or a laxative commercial.

on Toyota's troubles - Part Deux

it is curious how the atlanticist, assorted congressmen in an election year and 'hyena-liberal' establisment media in US has been baying for Toyota's blood. the reality is that if not for these 'troubles' Toyota would simply have swept all in it's tide

the more I read about this matter - the more I am convinced it is the old voodo FUD - brougt on this time by the motor executive of the year (aka President of USA) and his henchmen in the auto unions

http://www.financialpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=f22ab353-df82-4c12-b32b-282109a024e2

what obama does to his 'friends'

hopefully someone will tell mon-mon-han to desist showing obama the "indians love you deeply" routine. this is actually what obama does to people who support him. just like that rabid christist preacher the blighter went to listen to every sunday for 20 years and then turned on him like a worm

i dont know if i feel bad for this craig guy for supporting hillary or for stabbing her back - so he could get on the obama gravy train. what goes around comes around i guess

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/opinion/25dowd.html?_r=1

SNL: China Won't Bend Over for Obama

The comedy show Saturday Night Live has a witty take on US-China relations and Obama's latest visit to China:



So the question is - who will bend over for whom?

The lips firmly to the bottom – aka “strategic reassurance”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/09/AR2009110902793.html

feed them to the wolves - this is what Obama’s policy actually means to neighbors of China. It should come as no surprise; the blighter was their candidate all along.

Say what you will about Bush, but he never turned away the Dalai Lama and did make a studied pretence of standing up to the barbarians – remember that US spy plane that had to land on the mainland? What a circus that was, complete with hysterically shrieking han she-wolf of the dead chinese pilot.

Also it is strange that the Yanks defer to Russians (which, to clarify, is fine with me) while the hans push them around

All in all – we are quite alone in the world. Even the pygmy nations like Lankans now push us around.