The enablers of Pakistan's terrorists
Why Islamabad—and all of us—share the blame for the Mumbai attacks
India and Pakistan begin arrests for the Mumbai shootings.
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What happened
Pakistani soldiers raided a camp used by Lashkar-e-Taiba—the group India blames for the deadly Mumbai massacre—and arrested a man they said was one of the masterminds of the terrorist attacks. (CNN) American intelligence officials say the group has thrived during a crackdown on other militias thanks to help from Pakistan’s main spy service. (The New York Times)
What the columnists said
Destroying Lashkar’s training camps won’t rid Pakistan of terrorists, said Fareed Zakaria in Newsweek. They are “symptoms, not the sources of the rot.” Until the Pakistani government roots out terrorist sympathizers from its intelligence service and military—which India believes were involved in the Mumbai attacks—Pakistan will never be trusted by its neighbors.
The terrorists have another key group of enablers—the media, said Gregory Rodriquez in the Los Angeles Times. The murderers in Mumbai monitored “their three-day killing spree on their BlackBerrys,” a clear sign that all the attention fed their dreams of martyrdom. We can really strike a blow against terrorism if, during the next attack, we “summon the courage to look away.”
Don’t underestimate the hatred seething within Lashkar-e-Taiba, said Patrick French in The New York Times. Its leader, Hafiz Saeed, counts among his “bugbears” Hindus, Shiites, and women who wear bikinis.” Saeed “has an explicit political desire to create a state of war between the religious communities in India and beyond, and bring on the endgame” in his fight with all the enemies of Islamist extremism.
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Posted by Jesica, Monday, December 8, 2008, 11:20 am Brilliant suggestion by the LA times, just ignore the terrorists, and they will go away? They will not go away until everyone is muslim. the only wayto stop them is to educate populations of these countries and spread democracy
Posted by Dennis St. John, Monday, December 8, 2008, 2:25 pm Another enabler is the American conceit that it is a Christian nation when in fact Christianity has been co-opted and perverted by corporations doing business as churches hand in glove with a profane government. Jesus never killed anyone, neither did he advocate killing anyone, nor did he santion killing anyone. He possessed the power to annihilate mankind, but he laid down his life rather than kill and commanded his disciples to follow his example. As long as ersatz churches condone crusades, extortion, theft, bribery, torture, murder, and war in the name of Jesus Christ, we cannot throw stones at fundamentalist Muslims who supposedly pervert Islam.
Posted by Jerry Friedman, Monday, December 8, 2008, 5:31 pm Mr. St. John; one more stupid person. Because Xty is not perfect-and far from it- we can not condemn Islamist insanity????? Right. If JC DID have the power to rid the world of evil and chose not to, he is culpable and responsible for that evil.
Posted by Kam, Monday, December 8, 2008, 11:02 pm Stay calm. Wait until Jan 20th when BO will be making his list on who to meet with unconditionally. These terrorists will see the error of their ways when BO sings cum-bye-yah with them and shares a little herbal tea. To those with rationale thoughts, gather those stones etc. we'll need them.
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