A Wake up call for India

by Infidelesto on November 27, 2008 · Comments

For a long time now India has put dealing with Islamic terror on the backburner.  The attack in Mumbai yesterday will hopefully be a wake up call and change the way India deals with Islamic terror going forward

Bill Roggio of the Weekly Standard says this is the worst Terror attack since 9-11 and that this should be a sobering reminder for the rest of the world.

While it is too early to know exactly how the Mumbai strikes were planned and executed, one thing seems clear: This attack is the most significant terrorist attack since the Sept. 11 attack against the United States.

The terrorists launched a sophisticated, multi-pronged attack into a city of 18 million residents. This requires planning, training, funding, and detailed reconnaissance. The targets were chosen carefully to achieve maximum effect. The terrorists hit hotels, a train station, a movie house, a residential complex, and a hospital–all soft targets. They also were able to plant bombs in taxis as well as capture a police van, which was then used in a drive-by shooting spree.

The assault teams–there is no other way to describe them–coordinated and synchronized their attacks to overwhelm Mumbai security. The terrorists were able to take a significant number of hostages. They knew where to find foreigners and wealthy Indians–at the five star hotels.

Past attacks in Indian cities and in other parts of the world may have had higher death tolls, but they failed to achieve the results of Mumbai. The city has been completely shut down for two days, while the Hindustan Times said the country is gripped by a “fear psychosis.” India’s government has long treated the terrorist problem as a secondary issue. This will change. The mode of attack–assault teams launched into the heart of a major city–is already sending chills down the spines of security officials and governments throughout the world.

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  • Whats Her Name
    It felt like 911 all over again.  I though for sure we were going to see another building crumble to the ground.  Now we have to wait and pray they don't do the same things here.
  • Tonto
    These attacks make me think, more and more, of an ant crawling up an elephant's leg with rape on it's mind.  The terrorists, on one hand, are lo-tech.  They strap a bomb to themselves and suicide in a crowd, or attack with guns they bought from and unscrupulous dealer.  They come from muz countries that produce nothing, live a hand to mouth existance, and want to die because some dingbat told them things will be better in paradise.  That's what they get for being part of a social system that is anti-progress because it ain't allah's will.  On the other hand, the countries they are attacking are high-tech, or on the way to high tech, and those societies that have left the shithole existance of the muz world far behind.  So what is the point?  What motivates the muz to do what they are doing?  Are they trying to correct us?  Do they feel marginalized and "dismissed" by the rest of the world and crave some recognition as human beings?  Or are they just plain crazy?  I still don't understand.  I do understand that I have no desire to belong to such a insane and infantile society as is found in islam and feel increasing anger that some idiots in this world even have it in my face.  I think that thier (the muz) have a big "attitude adjustment" coming soon.  I will enjoy that confrontation.
  • Storm_Rider
    Totalitarianism in all its forms (Monarchy, Empire, Nazism, Fascism, Communism, Political Islam) is a challenge to human freedom in every generation. The question keeps recurring:  Will you stand and fight for your freedom or will you submit on your knees?


    "Live free or die."    Gen. John Stark – Hero of Bunker Hill
  • Chris
    This has been going on for centuries there, but they continue to cater to Muslims.
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