[swarthyguy]

I found it very interesting too.

The excerpt I posted highlights the irrationality of the very concept of a seperate Muslim 'nation' on the subcontinent. The populations of the religions were intermingled; not only town to town, but literally street by street and house by house. This is what Indians consider a tragedy and some Pakistanis too. Reading the pakistani press, you see the debate going on between those who want a 'secular' Pakistan and those who want an islamic pakistan closely tied to the Arabs with whom they identify more than with the people of the subcontinent.

I heard Tariq Ali speak at the Palestinian rally in DC a little while ago. To me, speaking there was virtually endorsing the terror strategy of the Palestinians. If a sane, rational guy like this (albeit with a leftist viewpoint), can speak enthusiastically at the rally, it makes me wonder about the 'secularists'. By vindicating the terror strategy, how much help can we hope for from the 'moderates' and what are the implications for us in conducting a campaign to win the 'hearts and minds' of the arab/pakistani world as Charlotte Beers is doing?

[happygrl]

In response to your post about Tariq Ali and his endorsement of the Palestinian tactics, I think we are seeing the first "North-South" world-wide conflict. Previously, these conflicts were in the form of a colonizing "North" nation and a subjugated "South" nation. Now that the First and Second World nations (Industrialized democracies and the Communist Bloc) have made their peace, it appears that the formerly Non-aligned Nations (the "South") are finding common cause and supporting each other.

As assymetrical warfare is the most effective tactic for them, expect more terrorism.

As Bush said, this war may go on for several generations, as did the Cold War.

[Stultis]

I heard Tariq Ali speak at the Palestinian rally in DC a little while ago.

And now, a year and a half later, he's cheering for terrorists killing American soldiers, and has a book out, Bush in Babylon, with a picture of a boy urinating on an American soldier on the cover:

Resistance is the first step towards Iraqi independence ^
			Posted by Pikamax On 11/02/2003 9:30 PM CST with 15 comments Guardian ^ | 11/03/03 | Tariq Ali ---------------------------------------- Resistance is the first step towards Iraqi independence This is the classic initial stage of guerrilla warfare against a colonial occupation Tariq Ali Monday November 3, 2003 The Guardian Some weeks ago, Pentagon inmates were invited to a special in-house showing of an old movie. It was the Battle of Algiers, Gillo Pontecorvo's anti-colonial classic, initially banned in France. One assumes the purpose of the screening was purely educative. The French won that battle, but lost the war. At least the Pentagon understands that the resistance in Iraq is following a familiar anti-colonial pattern. In the movie, they would...