tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11547840.post8687806237161145938..comments2023-10-25T06:45:55.835-04:00Comments on WATANDOST: An Educational Blog About Religion, Politics and Security in South West Asia : "5 Minutes Over Islamabad": A Conspiracy Theory Gone WildHassan Abbashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04350767764670393937noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11547840.post-53269407660667020352007-10-01T20:29:00.000-04:002007-10-01T20:29:00.000-04:00Hassan:Glad to know you hold no other citizenship....Hassan:<BR/>Glad to know you hold no other citizenship. <BR/>1.Neocons might be the worst thing that has happened to the US but <A HREF="http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=376" REL="nofollow">neoliberalism</A> is the worst that has happened to the rest of us. <BR/>2. No one is suggesting you should stop exposing what's transpiring in FATA/NWFP or anywhere else just because hypothetically it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11547840.post-84020938440471372692007-10-01T18:03:00.000-04:002007-10-01T18:03:00.000-04:00For Nota: First, I am a Pakistani citizen and hold...For Nota: <BR/>First, I am a Pakistani citizen and hold no other citizenship. I indeed claim to be a watandost - as a friend of Pakistan and South Asia. I am also an independent academic greatly benefitting from the freedom of speech I enjoy in the US.<BR/>Secondly, I am thankful to you for raising some important issues and here are my brief replies. <BR/>1. From my perspective, neo-cons are the Hassan Abbashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04350767764670393937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11547840.post-62425149495743426672007-10-01T15:46:00.000-04:002007-10-01T15:46:00.000-04:00Mr. Amin:The comment about "Jamestown Foundation" ...Mr. Amin:<BR/>The comment about "Jamestown Foundation" is directed towards Mr. Abbas (for his paper "Increasing Talibanization in Pakistan's Seven Tribal Agencies" written for Jamestown Founation and posted on his blog Sept 27, 2007. You can search for it in this blog or download it in pdf form from <A HREF="http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/uploads/TM_005_018.pdf" REL="nofollow">here</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11547840.post-42854284000416126772007-09-30T04:41:00.000-04:002007-09-30T04:41:00.000-04:00Indira is a woman who was the architect of India's...Indira is a woman who was the architect of India's greatest Strategic failure in 1971 ! She created Bangladesh which is today an enemy of India,she failed to deal with the centre of gravity,West Pakistan , which today is a nuclear power and India's strategic problem !<BR/><BR/>Agha<BR/>A.H AminStrategicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572595170538342875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11547840.post-61300874178320018752007-09-30T04:39:00.000-04:002007-09-30T04:39:00.000-04:00pakistanis will do anything to get US visa special...pakistanis will do anything to get US visa specially those in the writing profession....at least 95 % of them<BR/><BR/>Agha<BR/>A.H AminStrategicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572595170538342875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11547840.post-91314127532067311852007-09-30T04:37:00.000-04:002007-09-30T04:37:00.000-04:00i have no connection with Jamestown Foundation and...i have no connection with Jamestown Foundation and have never written for it.<BR/><BR/>Agha<BR/>A.H AminStrategicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572595170538342875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11547840.post-37771028258171050652007-09-29T10:59:00.000-04:002007-09-29T10:59:00.000-04:00No - becoming a US citizen is not a crime in my ey...No - becoming a US citizen is not a crime in my eyes (which you appear to be by your refusal to admit it). But it does mean we know where your loyalties lie, or at least where they SHOULD lie and when a US citizen calls himself "WATANDOST" we know which "WATAN" he is referring to :) And let me make another guess: you are also a republican and did support and vote for Bush in the 2004 elections. <Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11547840.post-31689831712200351832007-09-29T01:32:00.000-04:002007-09-29T01:32:00.000-04:00For Nota: Irrespective of whether I am a US citize...For Nota: Irrespective of whether I am a US citizen or not, it appears that becoming a US citizen is a crime in your eyes. Secondly, kindly explain what you found in the article "Increasing Talibanization" which in your opinion is inaccurate. <BR/>I found the said story wild because it fails to understand political dynamics in Pakistan. It assumes that the US, even if it has such plans, will be Hassan Abbashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04350767764670393937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11547840.post-74102757025236689792007-09-28T21:17:00.000-04:002007-09-28T21:17:00.000-04:00Book: The ‘1492’ ConspiracyA Machiavellian Plot to...Book:<BR/> <BR/>The ‘1492’ Conspiracy<BR/>A Machiavellian Plot to Seize the Holy Land and Keep the White House<BR/>Political Fiction<BR/>By Dr. Assem Akram<BR/> <BR/>ISBN (10): 0-9710781-1-4 <BR/>Pages: 304 Pages <BR/>Binding: Hard Cover<BR/>Trim: 6 X 9<BR/>Cover Price: $24.95<BR/>A group of politically ambitious and religiously inspired individuals in Washington believe that it was no Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11547840.post-92100494310899552302007-09-28T14:05:00.000-04:002007-09-28T14:05:00.000-04:00who is Indita Gandhi ? idiotwho is Indita Gandhi ? idiotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11547840.post-35453327779851125002007-09-28T01:14:00.000-04:002007-09-28T01:14:00.000-04:00Is it really so wild? By the way, seeing your late...Is it really so wild? By the way, seeing your latest piece about "Increasing Talibanization" for some american think tank, do you not fit the bill of the so-called collaborators? Let me see -- you did that piece for "Jamestown Foundation" <BR/>-- so now I know where your loyalties lie. I bet you are a US citizen as well...notahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050758369251280427noreply@blogger.com