Scary stuff going down in India

Scores killed in Mumbai rampage - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/india.attacks/index.html)

The scale of this attack is breathtaking. There are some sick, twisted, and evil m'fers in this world.

I wish I could say I am surprised and shocked. No one is safe from demented people who believe they are morally justified in their cause. I hope the hostages are freed without harm.

The news reports say that the chief of the Mumbai Terrorism Squad is dead, shot three times in the chest. I applaud a culture where leadership means leading from the front. That man desreves a state funeral.

Reading that makes me glad I grew up in a society without such turmoil and violence. I wish there was a better way to put that, but w/e works I guess. I'm just glad if I ever have kids they won't have to expose themselves to such a violent way of life at such an early age.

And I hear ya 70Chip. The best example of leadership is being at the forefront imo, and that's exactly what that Hemant Karkare was doing. His family should be proud of him, although I'm sure they are going to be grieving along with everybody else now that it's over. My heart goes out to all the victims in this, I can't imagine the pain and trouble they are going through right now.

I was just at Mumbai this summer, right outside the Taj hotel and some of those other places. Security is very low in those areas so it is kinda difficult.

It is interesting because radical Islamic terrorist is something India is been dealing with for many years, and now it is something plaguing the world.

I was also in the state of Gujarat in India and there were multiple bombings in the summer. They bombed outside hospitals to kill as many as possible.


The main problem in India is terrorism will never stop. Muslim terrorists will bomb places because they feel discriminated against, and then hindus will react(like they did in 01) and burn villages. And it is only getting worst because the Muslim population is growing at a much faster rate than hindus.

We'll see who is behind this, but one strong possibility is a group supported by the Pakistani security force, the ISI. In fighting a long-term clandestine war against India, the ISI has unleashed such wonders as the Taliban. Pakistan is going to be a big issue in the next 5-10 years.

Horrible stuff.

That is one thing that pisses me off. We are in this global battle on terrorism, yet Pakistan is still one of our major allies. We give them tons of money, weapons, etc. Pakistan harbors terrorists even in their capital city, from all accounts. The government turns a blind eye towards terrorists carrying out plots in India, because anti-US sentiment is high amongst the public.

I know we need a base in the MidEast, but last time we gave people guns and weapons they used it against us later(Afghans).

Reading that makes me glad I grew up in a society without such turmoil and violence. I wish there was a better way to put that, but w/e works I guess. I'm just glad if I ever have kids they won't have to expose themselves to such a violent way of life at such an early age.

And I hear ya 70Chip. The best example of leadership is being at the forefront imo, and that's exactly what that Hemant Karkare was doing. His family should be proud of him, although I'm sure they are going to be grieving along with everybody else now that it's over. My heart goes out to all the victims in this, I can't imagine the pain and trouble they are going through right now.
I society without such turmoil and violence? I guess your talking about living in the USA but have you looked at how many people are killed here each year in our inner cities or all over the US for that matter. People talk about how many we have lost in Iraq but we have lost alot more kids here at home in senseless killings. It just becomes a blurb in the news and things move on. If you look at the terrorist deaths in India over the past couple of years and our death rates here we would win that sad race easy. Just yesterday we thought back to what happend to us here in Redskins Nation with the killing ST but that happens countless times everyday here in the US. While I agree to a point with what you said I just don't think we are free from the terror in our own street by our own people.

I society without such turmoil and violence? I guess your talking about living in the USA but have you looked at how many people are killed here each year in our inner cities or all over the US for that matter. People talk about how many we have lost in Iraq but we have lost alot more kids here at home in senseless killings. It just becomes a blurb in the news and things move on. If you look at the terrorist deaths in India over the past couple of years and our death rates here we would win that sad race easy. Just yesterday we thought back to what happend to us here in Redskins Nation with the killing ST but that happens countless times everyday here in the US. While I agree to a point with what you said I just don't think we are free from the terror in our own street by our own people.

Oh come on. You can't sit there and pretend the US is just as bad. We don't have militant insurgents walking down streets with AK-47's in their hands, I mean yeah we have gangs and criminal organizations that use criminal tactics to get what they want, but the death rate cannot be as bad as some of the countries where bloodshed is an every day occurence. Now I don't have statistics to back me up on this, but all the same I feel that the United States is a lot safer than countries like India.