*Image courtesy of AP Images.Right now, a critical battle is playing out in Pakistan's Swat Valley. Reportedly, troops have taken back the significant city of Mingora, one of the region's largest. Fighting against the Taliban is sure to be brutal for many months to come, but this development is at least encouraging in the face of what seemed an utter unwillingness on the part of Pakistan to defend itself against terrorism.
And Pakistan must pay the price--however high it might be after the catastrophic attempt at bowing to extremism--to secure its own borders. As mentioned previously in this venue, to do otherwise is to seek appeasement with an enemy that wants bloodshed and the total annihilation of any society that succeeds under principles of personal freedoms and modern economics. This war is total, and it is refreshing to see that Pakistan is finally starting to get its head in the game as it may now have a shot at preserving both culture and country.
Occidental powers should strongly support this fight, as it is the same one we find ourselves currently engaged in. To do otherwise is to invite disaster not only for Pakistan and her citizens, but also for ourselves as well.
OTHER NEWS: Farouk Hosni--pledged Hebrew book burner--seems to be maintaining the lead in his bid to head UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, based in that lovely city of Paris. That this sort of scoundrel is running should not be terribly surprising. But why Israel is reportedly now backing Hosni after his apology over the book burning item is troubling, to say the least.
AN UPDATE ON OMAR AL-BASHIR: My own thoughts on Omar al-Bahir have been clearly outlined in this venue before both here and there. Yet Paul Moorcraft over at "The American Spectator" feels that taking the stick to this wicked individual is unacceptable because the ICC is the one doing it. Granted. Their are likely some issues of viability as far as international authority is concerned here. But al-Bashir still needs to answer for the atrocities in Darfur, and painting him as some needed asset and as a viable leader is an insidious argument for crude diplomatic expediency.
Clearly, Omar al-Bashir is not some misunderstood political figure that we ought to have empathy for as he might be the key to some theoretical cease fire. The man is a war criminal, and that much should be obvious to even the most casual of observers.
SADLY, THIS MIGHT BE TRUE: Wow. Now I understand all the rockets.
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