The Laying to Waste of the World: a Memory of I.H Burney Ref scout

``As for the Afghanis singing ``death to Pakistan,`` I`m sure they are a minority. Pakistan has done more than it`s share of charity work for the thousands of Afghani refugees pouring into the countries. ``

Madam, take of your Rose colored glasses and read some objective accounts of how time after time Pakistan undermined the formation of a stable goverment in Afghanistan and maybe then you`ll realize the extent of their hatered of Pakistani`s.

The Laying to Waste of the World: a Memory of I.H Burney Fuzair:

``Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was/is very high up in the Northern Alliance``

Hekmatyar in the NA youve got be kidding. He is ISI ka ``ladla``.

The Laying to Waste of the World: a Memory of I.H Burney Ref tahmed

``On reading chowk posts like this (and thankfully there are not very many), I wonder what kind of an individual it takes to laugh and taunt about deaths taking place in real life. I guess there are more gutters in south asia where you grow up than one would think.``

Ahmed saheb why shouldnt we rejoice? If these guys dont die in Afganistan they`ll be crawling under the barbed wires to get into Kasmir tomorrow.

The Laying to Waste of the World: a Memory of I.H Burney ``Hundreds of pro-Taliban Pakistani fighters appear to have been systematically massacred in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif after being callously abandoned by retreating Taliban fighters, sources suggested last night``

you see Zico, they were only there for their ``moral`` support to the Taleban.

The Laying to Waste of the World: a Memory of I.H Burney just heard on the BBC, the citizens of Kabul are out in the steeets chanting ``Death to Taliban, Death to Pakistan``

The Laying to Waste of the World: a Memory of I.H Burney ylh #20

I hope you will exercise better discretion in the future before you accuse someone of lying.

thank you Sir

Whither Democracy? Stuka #301

``What is the point of a Hitchens Chomsky debate? They are both liberals``

Boss, there is nothing two lefties enjoy more than a rollicking debate (I guess once you exclude the communist regimes :-))

You are due for a visit to the college street branch of the ``India Coffee House`` in Calcutta (or to the JNU campus if understandably you do not want to visit that benighted city :-)) to observe a good ``adda``/debate in progress.

Whither Democracy? Some recent Hitchens pieces

http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011022&s=hitchens

http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011008&s=hitchens

Whither Democracy? Samiashah

... Do you have any suggestions on theorists who have been contributing new perspectives? ...

Maam I have a day job and a fiancee (both of which I have been inattentive towards) so...

Whither Democracy? soysauce

``Chomsky is a self-hating jew to the zionists``

I had no idea Chomsky was Jewish!! The Hitchens-Chomsky debate is well covered on the nation website www.thenation.com. My argument is with Chomskys radicalism and his penchant for hyperbole much like our own Ms Roy. He destroys his own credibility (in my eyes atleast) by his hyperbole. For instance his claim that some XX million Somali`s died bue to bombing of the Al-Shifa plant.

The Laying to Waste of the World: a Memory of I.H Burney Stuka,

I`ll back up your observation, even today most Pakistani`s I know swear by Zia.

Whither Democracy? saminashah, soysauce,

Fellow Chomsky fans,

I have been a great admirer of of Chomsky ever since I read ``Necessary Illusions``. That is perhaps why I am greatly hurt by his attitudes towards Sept 11. I have been following the debate between Hitchens and Chomsky and dammit Hitchens is right!!

Chomsky may have had orginal thoughts in his day which greatly contributed to my understanding of Amrican Foreign Policy and media but today he just reminds me of a Professor who wrote a brilliant PhD thesis as a young man and decades down the road is still trying to milk variations of the same idea.

A Decision to Regret ``Arnhem was a tactical couter-attack by the German, whereas Ardennes was a strategic counter-attack``

Sorry I didnt read your response carefully. Yes, that would be the right way to put it.

btw, that reminds me I remember reading a book called ``Zeno`` about Market Gardens (I read it as a kid). It was written by a guy who served with the 1st Independent Parachute Company.

A Decision to Regret Ferozk,

I did mean Arnhem. I thought it was not a counter-attack as it was essentially an Allied initiated battle (as opposed to ``the Bulge``) but Urquart(sp?) was unfortunate to drop on top of 2 SS Panzer divisions. Anyway its a minor point.

(btw I once went to see the Market Garden`s museum in Arnhem at what was the Hartenstein Hotel, it was a bit of a dissapointment :-))

(disclaimer: I have no pretensions to military expertise, my ``research`` comes from Cornelius Ryan, ``Commando`` comics and Hollywood movies :-))

Whither Democracy? Peter Drucker on the ``New Society``

http://www.economist.com/surveys/displaystory.cfm?story_id=770819

(btw he doesnt seem to shy away from making too many population predictions :-))

Whither Democracy? Selective memory? I would tend to think that most people remember insults/invective directed against themselves more than that directed at others. Have you applied the appropriate correction factor? :-)

``You will see name calling of pakistan (pukistan from sadna and rsaxena, pakillistan from jay, something else i forget from layman or someone) but i dont recall similar stupid name-calling even once of india``