Israel is in a fix right now.  If it allows Iran to go ahead with the nuclear bomb, one ought not to doubt that Iran will supply this bomb to its proxies all over the world to attack Jewish interests.  It really does not matter whether it emanates from Lebanon, Syria or anywhere else.  The idea behind this ideology will be not to have Iranian's direct finger prints on those attacks.  Knowing what the whole world knows about Iranian regime's views about Israel, Iran will do all it can to push Israel into the sea.  This indeed will ask for Israel's retaliatoary attack, may be a nuclear response, which will ensue unimaginable devastation of human lives and destruction of property.  However, if Israel initiates a preemptive attack on Iran, as some perceive may happen, it will indeed may lead to WW III which, needless to say, will bring a destruction of mankind and property to a greater magnitude.  In either case, this writer can see Middle East burning with lot of devastation, misery and destruction of property.  One can only hope that prudence will take precedence on any ill-advised action to avoid this so-called perceived destruction   TIME IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE WESTERN NATIONS TO RESOLVE THIS TENSION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN.

Looking at the daily ongoing killings and destruction of property in Pakistan, one ought not to hesitate to agree with what Mr. Tufail Ahmed is stating in his study about Pakistan.   He is correct in urging the world to declare Pakistan as a state of genocide.  The plight of minorities in Pakistan is worse than second class citizens, the mental and physical torture perpetrated on them is beyond belief, the humiliation and low self-respect they have to endure is inhumane.  Slowly and slowly, Pakistan is turning the clock backward and becoming a caliphate state, a state where torture, cruelty and stone-age way of life will prevail.  Unfortunately, the moderate literate class in Pakistan is mute and witnessing this scenario without any emotions evinced.  I do not know the basis of Mr. Ahmad's analysis, but I think these are, among others, a few factors for the downfall of Pakistan and they are, the puppet government in Islamabad which does not want to control the militants, lame duck press and media, disrespect of judiciary and an open-ended authority and power accorded to the nexus of ISI and military.  The illiteracy rate cann't be ignored either when it comes to elections.  Since 1947, Pakistan has been controlled by military, zamidars, feudals and landlords whose main aim has been to rule people with suppression.  If one looks around, it is not only in Pakistan but in all Muslim countries, the ideology of repression is adopted to rule the public- keep them illiterate and let them live under the domination of powerful.  NOW THE BALL IS IN THE COURT OF WORLDWIDE CIVILIZED COMMUNITY TO TACKLE THIS PITIFUL SITUATION IN PAKISTAN BEFORE IT BECOMES UNMANAGEABLE.

It appears from Mr. Zardai's statement at the United Nations that the world should not expect any additional efforts from the Pakistani government towards containing the terrorist activities of  militant groups in his country.  One can clearly infer from his statement that it is a signal to the United States and India.  Both countries are the victims of terror menace emanating from Pakistan.  Mr. Zardari in a way is shifting the burden of eliminating terror to the rest of the world.  One wonders if Mr. Zardari and his so called strong army are really incapable of controlling these militant groups or is it just a cop out of not touching the militant groups in Pakistan.  The former plea does not sit well with the writer because Pakistan claims to defeat India if there is another war even though India seems to have a superior conventional power.  Predicated on this premise, Pakistani army can easily defeat and eradicate the militant groups equipped with antiquated equipments.  But it definitely shows that Pakistan has full confidence in its military might.  Hence, it is evident that Pakistan wants to keep the militancy alive in Pakistan to use it against Afghanistan and India, and also to milk the western nations, especially the USA to keep the cash flow intact.  Therefore, what Mr. Zardari said in his speech at the UN is an intentional cop out.  However, what the USA ought to do is to monitor the aid going to Pakistan and make sure that even if some aid has to be sent to Pakistan, it has a long list of strings attached.  NEEDLESS TO SAY, SINCE USA's OWN FISCAL SITUATION IS NOT THAT GREAT, WE SHOULD TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN NEEDS FIRST.

When I read Mr. Bilour's statement, who is a head of the Railway Ministry, asking for help from the Taliban and Al-Queda members to help kill a person who made this anti-Islam film, it raised a red flag in my mind.  He is offering $100,000 as a bounty to kill the film maker.  For a minute, he forgot that these are the same militant groups who killed lot of his party leaders.  Mr. Bilour is so much brain washed with the idea of Islamisation that he, being a representative of the Pakistani government, does not care who he is begging to achieve his misguided goal.  The other interesting point is that there is no voice being heard from the officials in Islamabad against this bounty.  One can clearly come to the conclusion that all leaders in Pakistan are ill advised, brain washed and cann't see outside a box of Islamisation.  With this scenario in mind, the civilized world ought not to expect any good coming out of Pakistan, and it is about time that the whole civilized community segregates Pakistan and stop all kinds of financial assistance. Pakistan is a rogue state, a failed economy and the country is run by Mullahs who don't care about a common man.  THIS PUTS A SPECIAL BURDEN AND RESPONSIBILITY ON THE USA TO STOP ALL AID TO PAKISTAN RIGHT AWAY.

This so-called anti-Islam film is creating a havoc in all Muslim countries.  But it is so strange and inconceivable to see the amount of destruction, killing and mental anguish these Muslims are orchestrating in their respective countries without even realizing that they are killing their own men,women and innocent children, destroying their own country's property along with putting their own economy on the back burners.  Do they really love Prophet Mohammed so much that they are willing to perpetrate this large scale killing and destruction of property or are they just misguided people by the Mullahs who are out there to exploit these illiterate Muslim community to serve their own interest of Islamisation.  If one understands Islam in a true sense, the message Islam conveys is of peace and love and it further states that even if someone hates you, you ought to forgive and forget him.  If that is true, then these Muslims running in the streets killing their brothers and sisters and destroying their own property really do not love Prophet Mohammed, and the only conclusion left is that they are misguided people who do not even realize that they are being exploited by the Mullahs.  It is an opportune time for the moderate Muslim community worldwide to stand up to these Mullahs who have hijacked Islam and inculcating 6th century philosophy of Islam into the Muslim youths.  This will only push the Muslim countries towards the stone age when the rest of the world will be pushing forward with all the technological achievements.  DO MUSLIM NATIONS WANT TO GO BACKWARD OR FORWARD- DECISION IS YOURS?

This incident is another example of Jihadis being over powering every aspect of life of Pakistani people.  Mr. Ansari and his legally wedded wife were not allowed to sit side by side in a McDonald restaurant to enjoy their food because, according to McDonald Pakistan's policy, it leaves a bad impression for the rest of public eating at a public place.   This is what they were told.  However, they could sit there facing each other.  One wonders if it is really a McDonald Pakistan policy or the policy dictated by the militant groups.  There has been no comment so far from the McDonald USA, and I don't think there will be one.  But this definitely forces one to wonder the extent of penetration of the jihadi element into a common man's life.  Are the militant groups trying to turn Pakistan into a caliphate state slowly and slowly which will be guided by the Sharia Law?  Mr. Ansari has shown his frustration in his blog and majority of people after reading his blog disapproved the treatment met by the couple at McDonald restaurant.  But that is not enough.  If people in Pakistan want to eliminate this type of unnecessary interference in public life, they have to voice their opinion openly and publicly.  A note of protest ought to be sent to the McDonald Corporation in Pakistan as well as in the USA to address this issue.  Other US food chains should take a serious note of this type of incident because this incident can set precedence for other restaurants also which will adversely affect their revenues.  ONE WONDERS WHAT IS PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT'S REACTION TO THIS INCIDENT?

China by flexing its muscles is showing the extent of its frustration about the newly purchased property by the Japanese government.  China sent a few ships with the military might to monitor the territory.  This sounds like a baseless and futile exercise on the part of China.  Japanese now own these islands and it is up to them as to how to manage this newly acquired property and China, accordingly, has no business to enter into the now owned Japanese waters.  Even though the neighboring as well as western countries are trying to convince China to avoid this unnecessary interference and scuffle, but it seems like China is playing deaf and dumb.  It simply evinces China's hegemonic posture in order to quench its thirst for territorial expansion.  Knowing the military might China possesses, the neighboring countries on their own are no match to face China militarily.  Hence, China is so aggressive in its attitude in that part of the world.  Unless China is stopped behaving like this, it can lead to catastrophic situation.  If that happens, one can see that it will flare up to not only the neighboring countries of China, but will engulf adjacent countries into it as well.  The question now in front of rest of the world is to find a solution -military or political - to stop this uncontrollable monster before it is too late.  THE BURDEN IS ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE USA, EUROPE, SOVIET UNION AND MAY BE INDIA TOO TO INITIATE STEPS TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE PEACEFULLY.