sri lanka is suffering from tiger terrorists and could be cured easily at several times but so called world community interfered bad on it Our central bank and several important places with valuable persons were attacted severely but we were not allowed to react against ltte\namerica was attacted by bin laden then america reacted directly\nwhy shouldnt we do it for the sake of all srilankans-sinhalese tamils muslims and other citizens
127610
If your government did not want to react to this with violence, I'm sure they had a good reason.  Or maybe they are just not ready to react.  Have you asked the head of your village or town?
402185
i agree, while we are responsible somewhat for the violence in afganistan and iraq, there is more to it\n\nSri lanka, Rwanda, Sudan, Congo, Israel, Lebanon, and Palestine are shooting eachother up,and we have no hand in that.\n\nthe world hates america, something goes wrong: BLAME AMERICA!!!
191966
Im writing this more as a response to nawab's answere because its pretty clear that paksitan's being spared because of strategic reasons in the subcontinent region. as far nawb's answere is concerned and his reference to pakistan having a "big" stake in the fight against terrorism and that pakis dying and the casualty number being more than 9/11 victims and also the highlight being and which forced me to post this answere that pakistan's "strategy" winning the war agaist U.S.S.R. Im glad that he pointed out the fact that the US supplied money and weapons for the war against soviet union, however american military and the american intelligence is n was not stupid enough to tell pakistan that "ok guys here's the dow n here's the hardware, go and kick ass we know u can do it on ur own while we sit at pentagon n watch the video game". cmon give urself a break and come back to reality for gawd's sake dude, pakistan couldn't even win a war against india and paki military was not even half of what its right now then (not that its any better now) and you think the US IS GONNA THROW ALL THAT MONEY AND military resources on a country like that and depend on its strategies? yeah rt? The war was majorly won because of the afghan terrain and the afghan mujahideen guirellas and also things were not going great at home for the reds and the deterioration of soviet union had started by then. tye strategies were completely provided by the US military ad to an extent the afgahn mujahideen AND NOT BY THE PAKI MILITARY (maybe there were jobless pakis fighting the war just like they are doing right now by joinign different terrorist organisations). The problems that pakistan faces today and why it has to pump in so much of itys own resources in fighting the terrorist is becoz of it s own "policies and stragies" that it followed, which was supporting taliban and other hard core terrorist groups and also turnign a blind eye to their recruitment and other unacceptable activities because pakistan wanted to get abck at india for helping bangladesh break away by cultivating terrorsit camps. entire world knows that in paki mosques  on fridays there are people collecting and donating money openly and freely in the name of islam which is used for terrorist activites. so pakistan is not the victim here its the perpetrator. its the paki guy who was the master mind behind 9/11 and the london bombers were trained in pakistan and also the 7 terrorist caught in london recently were alos trained in apkistan which they admitted. yes there are good people in pakistan but majority of them hate US and the wesatern world(no one knows for sure why the master mind of 9/11 who is a paki palnned it in the fiors place, he had no good reason to do that). they hate the same world were they immigrate to and crawl to all the nook and corners of new york or london or sydney abd then support terrorism from tere. pakistan is a country which is created by spiulling blood and it will get washed away in blood in its own blood. god bless america!!
538786
Hmmmm.....tough to say because the people whom we want to bring charges against are the law makers themselves. There is a strong reason for putting up charges agains Bush and Blair in the Internation Criminal Court (some people didn't know the full form here) or Cour internationale de Justice/ International court of jusitce. Both these two have waged an illegal war (as per the United Nations charter on going to conflict and war) and both have violated some serious international laws\n\nIn UK some people already tried to bring charges against Blair.\n\nBut here we are talking about fighting against big countries and powerful people...every country has done some or the other wrong thing...China's government is blamed for gross Human Rights abuses, Indian government for supporting the terrorist organizations like LTTE in Sri Lanka and Maoist terrorists in Nepal and many others in South Asia...but hmmm...\n\nWe don't live in a perfect world and people can run away from the crime as long as they have the power and occupy the places that matter.
332717
Definitely yes, Bushite regime is attacking the heart of America, with the so called War on terrorism (is War on Democracy) the future of the US seems to be very fearsome and risky, with the organised wars made, US in whole has made a big anti-US community worldwide, the respect that US held a few years back (One of the best Democracy) has now been ruined with the so called "war on terrorism", a state representing or showing faith in democracy should respect the same for others too, how can you justify that "One person did wrong so to punish him I may kill some innocent people who has nothing to do with that person ???" This is in no way democratic, killing of the civilians has brought the US a permanent black spot in the history where no-one if unbiased would justify the wars and the US decisions. Even the US people killed and injured in the same are not less than the people attacked, I always took US as one of the most civilised and democratic and an ideal country but now I think it would be difficult for me to classify US in either of these. Its almost same what Saddam did, He did and his people paid for it, Bush sounds somewhat same but diplomatic, SUBJECT is same, representation is different, so what, PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND IT DOES MATTER (MAY NE NOT TO U.S.) BUT TO THE CHILD WHOSE PARENTS  WERE KILLED, TO THE WIFE WHO IS WIDOWED, TO THE PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN ARE KILLED, TO THE NATIONS WHOSE GENERATIONS ARE KILLED. MR. BUSH COULD YOU PLS EXPLAIN THE DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY, I THINK WE ARE UNDER A WRONG IMPRESSION OF WHAT DEMOCRACY IS? BECAUSE PEACE IS NOT SPREAD BY MEANS OF GUNS, INVASIONS AND ATTACKS, ITS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE NURTURED AND SOWN. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE I CAN SEE IS - ONE PERSON WITH A GUN IS IN UNIFORM SO HE IS CALLED A MILITARY PERSONEL AND THE OTHER WITHOUT THE UNIFORM AND SO IS CALLED A MILITANT, BUT THE MOTIVES REMAIN SAME FOR BOTH. SORRY, BUT NEVER EXPECTED THIS FROM THE MOST CIVILIZED AND EDUCATED SOCIETY LIKE - THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
171633
There are two reasons for this. One, America stands to profit from a leader like Musharraf. Musharraf may have snatched the position of power in an unscruplous way, but he still manages to keep his country fairly peaceful and does not encourage jehad(holy war) openly. So it makes sense having a leader with a popular vote (despite no democracy), one who does not bomb India/the world. \n\nSecondly, India's association with the US is fine, but it would never accept any war attacks on China from its soil. The next best bet? Pakistan of course. Pakistan also benefits economically out of this friendship - F 16s, nuclear technology, emergency aid et al. So the US actually benefits having a base to declare war on China(similar to Puerto Rico to keep an eye on Cuba) \n\nNow, having voiced my opinion on the Pak friendship, US actually preaches democracy and tries to install the same whereever possible. But when trying to install democracy or instigating change does not benefit the US economically, it does not do anything. Makes sense, after all US is a capitalistic economy. \n\nIts all a case of how-is-it-going-to-help-me and that is really what makes the US great!
232910
There is a difference.\nAccording to UN Security Council Resloution 1373 most countries in the world did or tried to freeze accounts of terrorists, but more than 90% of assets frozen belonged to so-called Islamic organizations affiliated with al-Qaeda. There are UN Resolutions specially dedicated to Taliban and al-Qaeda directed sanctions (like UNSC Resolution 1267 for instance).\nBut at the same time I haven't witnessed any resolutions or international documents directed at say, ETA or IRA or LTTE kind of organizations. Why?\nThis reveals hypocrisy and narrow-minded character of US/UN policy-makers. \nMeanwhile, these resolutions have proved to be utterly useless. The total sum, according to one UN official, frozen on al-Qaeda connections never exceeded 20 million dollars world-wide.\nWhen US officials talk like templedrum regarding arresting and convicting suspects, the trials in US against terrorists are much the same like in Lybia, Egypt or Uzbekistan - means everybody knows these guys are going to be jailed. No rights, no guarantees..\nThen why Americans do want to be safe, when they undermine the world order roughly making everyone democrat? That is what THOSE GUYS don't like. That is why they will keep exploding Americans.
614642
Personally i would agree with you that they must be stopped, but you should remember things like Somalia (popularised by the film Blackhawk Down), Rwanda, and more recently Liberia and Darfur. First there's too many of the damn mo'fo's everywhere...hard to decide who to help first?. Second who's gonna try to stop them? USA...Ha! Iraq and Afghanistan has them bogged down, and besides people nowdays are so hypocritical that they beg the US for help but then hit them with RPGs when they actually get there. China...ha no way the Indians wouldnt let them get a chance at establishing influence so close to them and the Indians are just as busy with the Afghans as the Pakistanis. the Europeans...no they'd cry as soon as someone of theirs gets killed (they dont have guts anymore for war especially the French). The Russians...they cant even get their army to kill off the Chechens. The UN have other concerns asides from stopping mass murder. Third to what point and purpose, Sri Lanka is virtually worthless to the eyes of the West and even the Chinese. Unless another Holocaust or a spectacular act happens there it may not wake the World up to do something, by which it would already be too late.
242318
As the most powerful nation on the planet, the USA is certainly going to protect it's interests.  If however you are implying that there is some western conspiracy, that is utter rubbish.  \n 1. Fact, the USA and it's western allies got involved in Somalia to provide humanitarian aid to a country that was literally starving to death in front of the world.  A bunch of greedy warlords did everthing they could to disrupt this process.\n\n2.The troubles between India and Pakistan go back hundreds of years and are mainly due to intolerance of religious factions mainly Muslim and Hindu.\n\n3. Saddam Hussien and the Baath party were and are responsible for the violance in Iraq.\n\n4. Israel and the Muslim countries have been fighting for 5,000 years, far longer than the USA or England have existed.
457508
Not only 911, but most of the terroists acts are starting to originate in Pakistan, which is quite unlike its name an unholy place. (Pak=pure,stan=place)\nStop sending terrorists to India and US. If the you get the Indians gander up, you'll end up with a lot of dead Pakkis, if they retaliate in kind.\nLearn from your past defeats, my friend. And don't lie, people are not as gullible as you take them to be. Pakistan is THE LARGEST sponsor of terrorism in the world today.\nLife's Lovely! Love & Live LIfe!
649942
Because the negative fits their agenda, they don't want us there so they focus on the negative, people that want us there only focus on the posive. It goes both ways. You don't hear many people that are totally gung hoe on this war talking about Abu Ghrab, or any other mistakes, in the same respect you do not hear people that want us out acknowledging the recent WMDs, or the fact that food is getting to the people for the first time in years. or the pride when they have gone to vote.\n\nI think what every one seems to forget is that the Iraqi people don't want us there anyt longer then we need to be, however most people understand that they need our help to get rid of the FOREIGN insurgence. These people are not fighting for Iraq, they are fighting against a non muslim country, and to gain a strong hold to run their terrorist organizations from.\n\nBeach bum pull your head out of the sand. What country was the first to provide troops to protect people after the tsunami? What country gave the most money? what country warned them it could happen and was blown off? You are only looking at the most recent. We actually do a better job helping the rest of the world then we do our own country. We did more, and faster for the tsunami victims then we have for the gulf coast.
590823
Look at history!\nPakistan and India, as well as Bangladesh, are the same people, they were the same state for thousands of years, until British decided to step in. When the Hindu people throw them out, the British intelligence provoked a civil war and the three states were created! Thus, in the last 5 decades there are the problems between them, especially between Pakistan and India!\nI think that the problems continue because there is outside "help"! Without it, the two sister countries would have resolved all matters and would not need to fight for anything!
512730
The US has almost nothing to do with it, because it is in their beleif system.  They are radical fundamentalists, something we will never be, because they will kill themselves for a cause.  The US presence there has no hope of changing that short of every person over there dieing.
196787
I agree with you - it is two faced! Why is it ok for America to bomb Afghanistan when the legitimate government, the Taliban, who were America's allies against Soviet invaders, were unable to hand over Osama bin Laden? (The new government even with aid from American Navy Seals, Britisn SAS and Ausie SAS troops have not been able to accomplish this task). With that logic Britain should have bombed the USA for not handing over Irish-Americans in NY and Boston - the biggest sponsors of terrorism against the UK, the Irish Republican Army.\n\nIn the same way why did USA not bomb Pakistan for harbouring Osama and Al Queda, running Madrassas where hatred and violence against all other religions is taught. Yet Musharaf was given bribes by Bush and allowed to be a nuclear power. Why is Pk allowed to threaten India with nuclear war and sponsor terrorists to kill MPs in the democratic India Parliament building but Bush told India not to retaliate? Why is Iran not allowed to develop a nuclear deterrent like North Korea's, when US performed blitzkrieg, invasion & occupation on Iran's neighbours who were former US allies: Iraq & Afghanistan!   \n\nWhy is Bush trying Saddam for killing revolutionary seperatist Kurds using the same method Winston Churchill did to the Kurds - poison gas, but sold to him by Donald Rumsfeld (who even embraced Saddam and declared that Saddam was his best friend in the world!!!); but kissing China's communist leader's a.s.s. when China has threatenned Bush with nuclear war over Taiwan & killed their own citizens - students protesting that they want democracy!
105374
yeah I read about the Varanasi blasts, my heart goes out to you guys. \nExtremists are really hard to deal with, I would say that no nation should go without responding to attacks. So the government hsould find the terrorist cells among these people and kill them/arrest them. I know it's easier to say, but well, that's what has to be done. \nIt always upsets me to see power-thirsty leaders twist a religion to make people kill others in the name of it.\n\nADDED:\nand Rev Flavel, people have commited horrific acts in the name of your precious Christianity throughout history and still do, so please....
54270
Protection of our domestic borders are probably the weakest link in our current defenses against terrorism. I can't agree to turn over management of our largest ports to a country from whom terrorists and terrorist funding has come.\nNo matter how confident you are of those whom are in charge, everyone has their price and thus are prone to corruption. I simply would feel more confident if those in charge were not from the United Arab Emirate...that's all!~
572496
Silly man! There are no terrorists, only those "freedom fighters" valiantly standing against our evil nation. Why, we should bow on our knees and beg their forgiveness. 9/11 was our fault, and no ones elses...why just ask Congressman Murtha.\n\nYou see, its because of years of oppression by the American devils. We must repent our sins, and ask Osama to forgive us. Maybe we can give him some free government entitlements to appease him and his fellow freedom fighters. \n\nWe must have a Million Man Freedom Fighter March in Washington. It can be led by Murtha, Cindy Sheman, Kerry, Gore, Kennedy (he'd want free drinks), and, of course, the "Rev." Jesse Jackson. We can prostate ourselves at Osama's feet, and ask him, in the name of "a"llah, to forgive our sins. Pray that he doesn't behead us for being infidels...Osama we're sorry!