Osama Betrayal/ Will India be asked to pay the Price

 OSAMA BETRAYAL

              Now that Osama was eliminated by US Navy seals inside Pakistan ,some hard questions face India. The recent visit of Kiyani to Abbotobad, ISI Chief Pasha’s visit to USA to meet with Panetta (without being arrested in spite of Rana trial in Chicago) and of course Kiyani’s meeting in Bahrain with Admiral Mike Mullen and Pakistan Fauzi foundation being allowed to recruit Baloachs for Bahrain national guard. The covert help provided by ISI with nod from Gillani in releasing  CIA man Raymond Davies through courts. What is the reward Pakistan Army extracted for betraying Osama is the question Indian policy makers should ponder as it involves second term for Obama.

  The secret contact which Mr.Man Mohan singh had with Kiyani through special interlocutors which led to Gillani meeting him at Chandigarh also must have weighed in the mind of Service chiefs of India. Did the Indian PMO ask the Indian Army to vacate Siachen? The pressure on Indian Air force chief to select one of the American planes for the MMRCA contract must have been a red rag for him as he had very bitter experience in dealing with arrogance of Americans after the C5 purchase and usage of its avionics that Air force decided to fore go altogether the avionics pod of C5. In the guise of end user agreement, Americans wanted to have complete control over Indian air force and its usage. The clout they wielded in Indian Political circles showed to the Service chiefs, it is also  time to show Indian Politicians where the lakshman rekha is drawn.
  Arabs/Yemenies consider South asian men  as of inferior breed that they are even allowed to see the face and escort unmarried Saudi girls.The 9/11 operation was given exclusively to saudies  though planned and executed by Khalid shiekh Mohamed.After General Musharaff betrayed the Taliban  due to President Bush’s threat should have warned Osama that anything can happen to him from the south asians but he believed may be in the inner circle of GHQ which dealt with Pakistan’s nuclear policy which also provided security to High value Arabs who continue to stay in Pakistan due to marriage and medical reasons after Afghan operation.  Gen Kiyani is not Gadaffi or even Iran’s leader and he is just like Gen Musharaff.
  The spate of writeups by western inspired media and think tanks in India and the statements coming from Indian politcos blaming Pakistan for harbouring Osama  shows the deeper game of
Pakistan/American alliance. It wants the betrayal to be hidden so that Alquaeda backlash doesnot happen in Pakistan as in the case of TTP after killing of Baitullah Mehsud wherein Pakistan Army provided the GPS coordinates of his father in law’s house.
   Siachen, Sircreek and complete control of Afghan policy after withdrawal of Americans is the price India may be asked to pay by the Americans. The Abbotobad operation might have been carried out by US seals but it had covert Pakistani help in the form of providing exact location of Osama,complete blackout of the city during the raid,asking civilians to stay indoor just before the operation.The Fixed wing aircraft which was flying over the ops area and giving AWACS support could not be without Pakistan’s consent. The airbase from where these seals took off in 4 helicopters was inside Pakistan as per many Pakistani mediamen. The whole operation took 2 hours inside Pakistan and not 40 Mts as claimed.
   The Gates,Patreus removal and also Hillary clinton giving a vague tip off during May 2010 about Osama living in Pakistan show Obama was desperate to have this action carried out before the election and also before it got leaked out to Jewish lobby in America. The Times square and Ground zero celebrations by youth of America show Obama’s second term is assured,
  The question is whether India will be asked to pay the price for Osama betrayal in form of Siachen and also change in India’s  Afghan policy. The booting out of American planes from  MMRCA contract shows that Indian Service chiefs are also incorruptible  and it will be difficult for Pro American Politicians in Indian cabinet to sell this line to Indian people with help from Indian media and Indian opposition.

GLOBAL MELTDOWN is good for me

Global meltdown,Pink slips,Stocks stumbling,Real estate prices crashing,Offshore tax evasion, Fae west, Fanny Mae ,AIG ,G20 summit, bailout etc etc , I can go on and on about various other financial terms which has affected the Rich and powerful especially the USA.I have read somewhere that a good economist is the one who foresees the good and bad of visible economy.This comes through experience and foresight.
It is said Napoleon believed in "PUBLIC WORKS" and employing labour. So he made them dig ditches and then asked them to fill them and paid them.We see this happening in most of our Indian cities where modern infrastructure is created in a continuous manner by making and breaking and making again!!!
Being a a low middle class Indian with Monthly pension of Rupees 21,800/-($500/- per month) to be exact after the recent pay commission hike all this high finance is mambo jumbo. I have my own flat, a car and some additional income from some fixed income securities in Government banks.So when this meltdown has brought down the cost of a flat panel full HDTV to rupees 38000/- with dynamic contrast ratio of 50,000:1 which used to cost almost 1 lakh i was thrilled.Even Sony Bravia full HD is available for Rs.50,000/-A camcorder which used to cost Rs.25,000 or more is now available for even Rs.14,000/-After reading David Progues column in NY times i know the quality of pictures is related to sensor and i know now CCD sensor is junk in Japan and CMOS is the in thing.Laptops which used to cost nearly 1 lakh are now costing only Rs.40,000/- Some are available for even Rs.20,000/- .Camera Mega pixels have grown to 14 with corresponding decrease in prices while 8.1 mega pixels are available in mobiles!!!Imported Malaysian sofa sets are now available for even 18,000/- which used to cost 40,000 and more. Full colour scan,copy,fax all in one printers cost only rupees 3000/-.Even shirts(branded) are now costing only Rs.250/- and good pants are available for Rs.500/-
Cooking oil costs only Rs.40/- per litre which used to cost Rs.80/- so are the other items of daily consumption.Plastic items are
making women rush to every sale announced by the malls.We were thinking of disposing off our old fridge and get a new one and
we were getting exchange offer of Rs.2000/- for our old fridge.But my wife has become so generous with the prices of new fridge dropping to 19,000/- from nearly 30,000/- she decided to gift the old one to the maid!!Even giant side opening fridges are available for Rs.50,000/-
Prices of airfares to Delhi from Bangalore has dropped to nearly Rs.2500/- from 8000/-Even European holidays which used to cost all inclusive nearly Rs.2,000,00/- is now available for Rs.90,000/-! for those who can afford that. People who were thinking of buying houses are now getting into the act especially those like me who wanted to settle in Bangalore.
So on the whole this global meltdown has been great for me and others who are middle class and lower. Then who is it affecting? May be Ambanies and Mallayas and those of FICCI and CII. So who bothers?
As USA is printing nearly 2 Trillion dollars and giving it to its banks and Big cats of Industry as bail out, the Chinese are jittery as finally they will be getting this paper for exporting their goods and labor.Their foreign exchange holding may rise but the underlying problem of inability of US to export anything worthwhile to China, except their planes is going to exasperate this problem.Unfortunately China does not buy US arms. So US has to create conditions for export of its arms.Pakistani Army trained Taliban are doing just that for India while North Koreans are doing it for Japan and south Korea. SDR like new currency was raised at
G20 but died down.
I know Manmohan/Chidambaram could not have asked for more during the coming election with inflation almost dropping to zero without much of their efforts. Even opposition BJP is forced to go to Hindutva instead of price rise which used to be a common whipping boy all these years. Personally i would love this Global meltdown to continue as far as possible. Even Bangladesh's cotton and exports are booming as also our car exports.I think NANO is coming at the right time. REVA also should make its mark with aggressive research and cost cutting.It is the future.Our poor know how to survive and i hope our rich also learn from this to innovate, go to new nations,capture new markets and make India a leaner tougher nation.
My only regret is that i blew off Rs.60,000/- on my desktop(only 2 years back) which looks like a ugly junk now when i see that sleek Appledesktop they show off at Forum mall in Bangalore.Now i know Quad processor is the in thing while dual core,core duo are all junk.
By the way i purposely dropped that old yera glass set and accepted scolding from my wife.I really liked that luminarc glass set of six for only Rs.100/- which they were selling at the mall.Men have a natural inclination to go for bargains whether made by foreigners or by better machines.Already Chinese touch screen mobiles are being prohibited in the guise that they do not conform to 16digit IMEI Number.How much long this good times is going to last i do not know but i am going to enjoy as long it lasts even though my wife scolds me for bringing the trash.

"""There are two consequences in history: one immediate and instantaneously recognized; the other distant and unperceived at first. These consequences often contradict each other; the former come from our short-run wisdom, the latter from long-run wisdom. The providential event appears after the human event. Behind men rises God. Deny as much as you wish the Supreme Wisdom, do not believe in its action, dispute over words, call what the common man calls Providence "the force of circumstances" or "reason"; but look at the end of an accomplished fact, and you will see that it has always produced the opposite of what was expected when it has not been founded from the first on morality and justice."""
(Chateaubriand, Memoirs from beyond the Tomb
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress that the U.S. would "launch a new, initiative to address prudential supervision, tax havens, and money laundering issues in weakly regulated jurisdictions." He said, "President Obama will underscore in London on Apr. 2 at the Leaders’ Summit the imperative of raising standards across the globe and encouraging a race to the top rather than a race to the bottom"
But top bankers of America met President Obama and gave him the red line.Former chairman of SEC Arthur Levitt and now with Carlyle group said" It is terribly important that an environment of consensus replace polarization of recent times". They went out of their way to emphasize their hostility to any regulation that even smells of GLASS-STEAGALL like separating investment banking from commercial banking.
We know the bailout is "not founded on morality and justice" and bound to fail.
Meanwhile we middle class Indians should learn to enjoy the bargains.

AMERICA. Is it a democracy?

President Abraham Lincoln spoke at Gettysburg "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.-----that this nation , under God, shall have a new birth of freedom- and that government: of the people,by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
President Obama when he was a candidate gave his vision in the following words "This century's threats are at least as dangerous as and in some ways more complex than those we have confronted in the past. They come from weapons that can kill on a mass scale and from global terrorists who respond to alienation or perceived injustice with murderous nihilism. They come from rogue states allied to terrorists and from rising powers that could challenge both America and the international foundation of liberal democracy. They come from weak states that cannot control their territory or provide for their people."
"As commander in chief, I would also use our armed forces wisely. When we send our men and women into harm's way, I will clearly define the mission, seek out the advice of our military commanders, objectively evaluate intelligence, and ensure that our troops have the resources and the support they need. I will not hesitate to use force, unilaterally if necessary, to protect the American people or our vital interests whenever we are attacked or imminently threatened."
There is a review of AFPAK policy going on with best of minds of Present administration.But the 17,000 troops surge is happening even before the review is over and approved by the President
Candidate Obama promised to bring American troops from Iraq, a war which he voted against as senator and a war which he promised to close by bringing all the American troops before Xmas, later extended to 16 months.Today we hear the President has extended it further to 2011, a date originally promised by Bush. Not only that a number of 50,000 out of the present 1,42000 troops will remain may be indefinitely.The American people voted for Obama over Macain because they thought MaCain is going to be a Bush third term.But suddenly we find Obama Presidency is turning out to be almost Bush third term compared to the campaign promises.
What we find is that American people in spite of all the primary debates within the parties and then the Presidential debates and campaign promises are not considered intelligent enough to KNOW the TRUTH about various issues affecting them. What we see is that Government policies are run by special interests. These interests donot want to be more influenced by general public which may NOT BE ADEQUATELY INFORMED about specialized need of the American nation.This can be high finance,national security issues, but can be slowly expanded to include even health care,education, and time taken to sign the bills after it was approved by the senate(Obama promised at least one week but in actual practice he is giving only two days or even less!!)
Indian media used to talk about how ignorant is general Indian populace about various issues affecting them like Indo/US nuke deal wherein even elected parliamentarians may not know the difference between Uranium and plutonium.But now i find that Americans voted for change with regard to Iraq,Iran,AFPAK, but actually they are getting Bush III.I can say with a smirk that it is not Indian population alone are taken for a ride but also the population of America, the oldest democracy in the world.
SPECIAL INTERESTS RUN THE COUNTRIES EVEN IN DEMOCRACIES.

RETREATING AMERICA/ choice before INDIA

RETREATING AMERICA/Choice before INDIA.

When Americans elected Obama, they showed to the world that they are fed up of the policies pursued by President George Bush. In spite of Bush's failed policies in Afghanistan, Iraq :Obama could not have won the election but for the economic collapse engineered by Bush's CRONY CAPITALISTS from Femae , Fe west and Texan billionaires who control American capitalism. Obama won by a mere 4% margin and a swing of 2.1% would have given theMacain/Palin team a victory. But victory has put in place a President who believes in
human values and courageous enough to make his democratic opponents as members of his administration.He
has given a share of the pie to his opponents because he wants the team to pursue policies he wants to be
pursued by his team.
His team wants America to face up to the facts and carry out the following policy.
Obama's heart is still on the left. Moreover, his political interests argue for relegating to the trash bin of history a Bush-neocon policy of endless war until the Middle East resembles the Middle West. America cannot sustain the wars that Bush’s policy produced, nor those it promises.
1.IRAQ
To withdraw all U.S. combat brigades from Iraq within 16 months. Though the Status of Forces Agreement accepted by Iraq doubles the time Obama has to pull out, to December 2011, the American nation just want out
as soon as possible.

Whether Shia attack Sunni, or fight amongst themselves, or engage Kurds after this withdrawal is Iraq's problem.Americans just do not have the"Khaleeja" to continue.This is considered by alqueda as victory over the Americans and they are correct in this assumption though think tanks may disseminate otherwise along with American mainline media.

2.AFGHANISTAN
The consensus among American Seminarists and also UK is that victory over a resurgent Taliban with a sanctuary in Pakistan cannot be achieved without an infusion of significantly more troops. Germans,French,Koreans etc have no stomach to fight and are happy to be posted at peaceful northern Afghanistan and do drug trafficking with local drug lords. They are not willing to go to Kandahar or even Helmand to do the fighting.Escalating the war means more air strikes that have alienated the Afghan people as well as Saudi puppet President Kharzai. More Predator strikes into Pakistan will be used by ISI controlled media to whip up anti-Americanism and stage a coup when the time is ripe.What is the U.S. bottom line in Kabul for USA? Not the impossible dream of a democracy but a government committed to keeping al-Qaida out and protect their drug trade is what USA wants. Given the bloody war the Taliban have fought for seven years, they may be amenable to such an arrangement wherein they betray Alqueda with a cut in drugtrade is what UK/USA hope.
But we in India know this hope of America is a pipe dream.The running away from Iraq with a fig leaf offered by Maliki has whetted the appetite of the Alqueda fighters who are busily regrouping in Pakistan with help from LET which is given the subcontract by Pakistani army and Saudi arabia.ISI has been taken out of the loop and Pakistani GHQ has created a separate cell for this operation as the one created for Mumbai operation may be by Pakistani navy and closed down immediately.
3. IRAN.
Tehran claims its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, and the International Atomic Energy Agency has never declared it in violation of the non-proliferation treaty. Yet, the suspicion is broad and deep in Washington and Tel Aviv that Iran is hell-bent on building an atom bomb. Obama and Hillary have both said that they will not let it happen, no matter what it takes.
If war with Iran is to be averted, the new team must move swiftly to talk to Tehran and put its cards on the table. But Saudi Arabia and Pakistani army want the Americans to fight the war with Iran. Their covert army in Iran border called Junduallah has recently kidnapped 13 Iranian Frontier constabulary.They tortured them and killed them brutally just like the Jews of Nariman house in Mumbai. Iran may take revenge but US army is protecting that border a left over of Cheney policy.
If Likud’s “Bibi” Netanyahu supported by Saudis wins the Israeli election, he will push hard for U.S. air strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, and push back against any Obama deal with Tehran. With the Israeli lobby and a Jewish community that gave Barack 80 percent of its votes, plus the neocons and Evangelical right calling for strikes against Iran’s nuclear sites, would the Obama-Clinton team stand united—against war? Would Hillary, a former senator from New York who relied even more heavily than Barack on Jewish contributions and votes, stand by Obama?Americans donot want this war but Saudies are forcing them with help from unwitting Ahmedijnad.
NOW WHAT SHOULD BE INDIAN RESPONSE ESPECIALLY AFTER MUMBAI to AMERICAN RETREAT?
American retreat is real and it has to be first accepted by India. It desperately needs Allies especially to withstand the march of China and Russia and to a lesser extent Europe. It will not fight China to save Taiwan nor it will fight Pakistan or Saudi Arabia or China to save India. It is basically shown itself a wounded tiger and can get its prestige back by using Nukes only.That is the dilemma of American planners. It cannot fight a long drawn out conventional war anywhere especially Asia. Saudi Arabia and China know it as also Pakistan army and India also has to accept this fact. It leaves India with two hostile nuclear powers China and Pakistan on its border. We cannot even call Nepal as a friendly country as the recent defense cooperation agreement it has signed with China shows. China has signed defense deals with Myanmar and enforced a status quo between warring Myanmar and Bangladesh.Sri lanka,Bhutan also are wary of India and they also look to China for major support and the SriLankan Army chief's recent comment shows how our politicians are looked upon in our neighboring countries not only by our foreign office mandarins. Our response in Afghanistan should be one of active support toISAF by deploying our forces instead of wasting money on so called road building which gets blown up anyway. The bluff by Pakistan army which is covertly supported by Saudiarabia has to be called now instead of waiting for American withdrawal from Afghanistan.Ghawri,Babur,Ghazni ,Taimur and even Alexander all came through Khyber after crossing Hindukush to invade India because Indian rulers and population are perceived to be physically and mentally weak in fighting though large in numbers. A small determined cunning fighter always won over Indian rulers.
The recent attack in Mumbai is shown as one in which 10 guys could keep the elite OSCAR force of Indian Navy and later NSG commandos, what to talk of ATS of mumbai police at bay for 62 hours in full public view. A very successful covert as well as psychological operation from the view point of the perpetrators of the attack. AlreadyKarzai started talking about withdrawal of American forces ( he even talked about shooting down American planes!!!) just because one mistaken bombing by NATO which killed 40 civilians.He is talking because of Saudiarabia. The Mumbai attack is a warning message to Obama about his idea of the right war during his campaign. Basically this Mumbai attack is diverting his agenda from war in Afghanistan to one of solving Kashmir dispute (which is supposed to be the root cause of Pakistani terrorism!!!) by cleverly hiding the very facet of Islamic jihad which is enshrined in its holy book. We knewMusharaff was directing the Army during Kargil (in spite of Nawaz Sheriff being the elected civlian leader) but Zardari has much lower clout than Nawaz . Kiyani and GHQ are in the background doing all the dirty work while Zardari and Gillani face the international flak. Pakistani Army and ISI are portrayed as the pillars of Pakistani nation with clever media management. Pakistan Muslim league(Q) is the one which is controlling thePak media with Sherry rehman doing very good media management with the likes of Marvi memon,Shereen Mazari etc while it is Maleeha Lodhi who works on CIA's Bruce Reidel. Even Musharaff in London is playing his part there. His telling comment that if Pakistani army has continued their shadow boxing with Taliban inFATA, Pakistan would not hace faced international flak for Mumbai attack!!! The ONLY positive aspect of the whole Mumbai episode is that India will not TALK TO TERRORISTS OR HOSTAGE TAKERS even if that involves rich and powerful. This message has gone to even theZAKA force of Israel who are not very happy about it.
Iran is another area of immediate concern to us if we have to confront the Black goggled princes of Saudi arabia with American wives. Iran is signatory to NPT but its civilian nuclear programme of enrichment of Uranium is raising suspicion in America and Israel. Does we in india donot know something? Can civilian enrichment cycle be used for nukes covertly? Or it has something to do with Iran having some untapped uranium mines or Gas reserves which is known only to Americans.Americans only bother for human rights violations of Uranium rich countries like Myanmar,Zimbawe and Chad. For what ever reason it is in interest of India to play honest broker between Iran and Israel.Ignore America and concentrate on Iran/Israel relations. This should be our first priority. This can be achieved only if we purge our foreign office of moles working for American interests as their children are studying there.We require Foreign service personnel who think of INDIAN NATIONAL INTEREST ALONE.
With regard to China, we have to be very careful about how we deal with this emerging super power. It is our neighbour and has special relationship with Pakistan. Vietnam is our friend but we lost Northkorean friendship by not supporting its nukes due to Japan. China has effectively neutralised our common neighbours like Myanmar,Nepal,Bhutan. We have already given away our Tibet card due to Kashmir and dependency on Russian veto. The recent recession in America is going to affect China in a significant way than our elite IT people.Our stocks going down will not cause a riot.But significant Chinese population is dependent on exports to west for their daily bread and this global meltdown will affect them significantly and a small war with India in Arunachal will give them some respite . It is here we have to be very careful and deter adventurism on their part by enhancing our AIR FORCE PUNISHING CAPABILITIES along with our missiles. Pakistan is saying that it likes to be Israel of China!! It is stealing American top of the line weapon systems including helmets,night vision goggles,fighter aircraft systems,ECM systems etc and sending them to China for duplication and reverse engineering.The bullet proof vests ,night vision goggles worn by mumbai terrorists compare with the best on offer from NATO while our ATS,NSG etc where wearing very heavy vests and didnot have night fighting capability or confident of their night capability against the terrorists holed up after OSCAR force debriefing.
Afghanistan and pakhtoons.It is the only country which voted against the creation of Pakistan in UN in 1947.It is contemptuous of Durrand line.Pakistan dreads Afghanistan more than even India.Taliban is the only line of defence whether Americans like it or not.They will not be here in another 4 or 5 years.The recent burning of 160 trucks of NATO carryingHumvees and driving the captured Humvee should have shown the Americans that it is not a Jehadi operation but a special unit of privatised terrorists who are drawn from Pakistani armed forces.These units are disbanded once the operation like that of Mumbai is over to leave no trace. We are being bombarded with write ups by SEMINARISTS in pay of western endowments that it is in India's interest America wins in Afghanistan!!!Gulbudin Heketmayer, Haqqani brothers and even Karzai brothers were ISI assets. If Americans leave as in Iraq, it is the India friendly Northern alliance which will come to power after a civil war for which everyone is preparing.Americans areinterested only in the poppy trade. To protect it they will even fight the Pakistani army(so called major non/NATO ALLY) in North wazirstan and FATA which will suit India.
So UPA government should abolish Art 370. The Valley Kashmiries always wanted independence including the ruling Hindu monarchs. They will do the hartals as usual.They donot like democracy under Zardari. They will prefer Musharaff but he is not there.Anyhow they donot believe in democracy as jehadies everywhere.It is the uneducated ordinary Kashmiri who wants democracy as our poor in India.They have repeatedly shown their love for vote.We in India must face the consequences of this action as it will ensure our security in the long run. Our Air force and Navy should be on high alert as Pakistan can gain only by a surprise attack as in 1965 or 1971 and we must be ready for it.
Also just before our next Lok Sabha elections, there is going to be a terror strike(light and sound show as their media manager called it) whether Sonia Gandhi or UPA likes it or not.It is better to force the Pakistani army to show its hand now than in next year.Abolition of Art 370 will ensure that. Hanging convicted terrorist Afzal Guru can be a side show.

POVERTY is a state of MIND

POVERTY is in the MIND

Who is Poor? Generally people tend to think that people living in sub saharan Africa are poor as also people living in bangladesh etc.For me they may be living in poor living conditions but they ARE NOT POOR.
For example the maximum suicide is happenning in the richest country in the world which is Japan.
In India maximum suicide is happenning in state of KERALA which has the heighest literacy rate in India with Female literacy at nearly 95% compared to rest of India which may be nearly 35% only.The Keralites are the richest in India with gulf earnings and also due to their education but they are not HAPPY and POOR IN MIND that they commit suicides.
Even in Farm suicides in India with nearly 5 lakh suicides in India, it is normally committed in rich cotton belt farming community in Maharashtra and also in Karanataka which has much better water availability for farming than say Tamilnadu farming community or Rajasthan desert farmers.
Today when i see the US wall street meltdown and the panic amongst the RICH bankers and compare it to the ordinary Americans who are the ones who should be worrying about healthcare,education,housing etc i feel who are poor realy is in the MIND.It is the super rich CEOs who are asking for bailout and are getting it in the form of $ 700 billion!!!!
The new american president after Nov 2008 election will NOT ask the socalled RICH CEOs to SACRIFICE AND SAVE BUT HE WILL BE ASKING THE SOCALLED POOR AMERICANS TO SAVE FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN NAME OF PATRIOTISM.!!!!!

AMERICAN PRESIDENTS DO NOT LIE?

AMERICAN PRESIDENTS DO NOT LIE!!!!!!!!!!!
I was told when i joined duty as a young officer in the Government of India that " American Presidents do not lie to their people".The country of United states of America is so powerful that its leaders do not tell lies as they can face the consequences of any TRUTH even uncomfortable truths.We were discussing the acceptance of U2 spy plane being shot by Russians and Eisenhower accepting the incident.
When i heard the recent speech of President Bush about the Financial crisis facing America and recommending a bailout plan of $700 billion, the above quote came to my mind.His speech is not even believed by his party's nominee for Nov 2008 election Senator McCain that he joined his opponent senator Obama and issued a common statement not approving the bailout.Abraham Lincoln,Roosevelt,Truman,Kennedy all had that aura of Truth around them while we know Johnson,Nixon,Clinton and now Bush have reduced that aura of Truth around American presidency.
When Bush told Pakistani Premier Gilanni that Pakistan's territorial integrity will be respected EVEN as the American special forces were inside FATA conducting an operation.He should have told him the truth and faced its consequences.American media also are culpable to a large extant in this creation of lie into truth business for the sake of their Presidency. When he told Indian PM in 2005 about making India a nuke power without need to sign the NPT, now he is coming out that his promises to Indian PM were just "political promises".Of course Iraq and WMD and now recently his warning to Iran and the bluff was called by Iranian President."Talk softly but carry a big stick", was the advise given by an earlier president but Bush has not learnt this important lesson.
Why is it important for American president to speak the truth or keep QUIET when posed uncomfortable questions.
1.He is the most powerful human being on earth leading the richest nation on earth and commanding the most powerful army on earth.If this human cannot speak truth without fear
of its consequences, then which other human can?
2 It is also morally important for American President to speak truth because he is also perceived as leader of a Christian nation.Nobody thinks about Pope Benedict when they talk about Christian leaders.Normally it is the American president who is perceived as a christian leader of the west by third world countries.
Even in India we have this aura around Laloo Prasad yadav,Priyanka Gandhi and Arun shouri but not very many other politicians while in tinsel world Preity Zinta had this aura about her.
Does Obama or McCain have this aura? It is the American people who elect their leader and a man who speaks TRUTH AND READY TO FACE ITS CONSEQUENCES SHOULD BE AN IMPORTANT CRITERIA FOR THIS ELECTION IN NOVEMEBER 2008.

OBAMA a Muslim?

OBAMA IS A MUSLIM ?

First the NEW YORKER cartoon and now subtle emails, blogs making him out to be a Muslim. This has actually raised the fears of White Americans which was lying dormant to the fore front again. Anybody here remembers Cassius clay and later called Mohamed Ali. Also the Rome Olympics when some black American athletes gave that raised fit salute when their national anthem was being played. People may say that is long forgotten story for most Americans. It may be for young Americans but not for the old retired and white grey haired ladies. It also revives the old Malcolm X and Elija Mohamed theories that all black African Americans are logically Moslems though they may be practicing Christians. The church to which Obama belonged and its preacher come in this category and reinforces this myth.
Every one knows Obama is NOT a Muslim. Then why this subtle campaign? Basically it makes him defend that he is not Muslim and thereby takes away that aura which he has created for himself. That he is a only a politician and not that charismatic visionary which the young crowd places him to be especially amongst the liberals and Muslims..

Obama’s campaigners have been hard at work trying to dispel myths that Obama is a Muslim. Are the vast majority of Americans willing to admit that they look on Muslims with suspicion? In his efforts of debunking this myth, he has unintentionally made Muslim-Americans as some kind of filth. Obama’s pro-Israel stance is truly disappointing for American Muslims who owe as Muslims everywhere LOYALTY to Muslim UMMA and hate Isreal.
Obama’s campaign managers REFUSING to let Muslim-American women wearing the hi jab to sit behind Obama at his speech in Michigan. Michigan has the largest population of Muslims in America. Rep. Keith Ellison wanted to endorse Obama in Iowa Mosque. His managers wisely refused it especially as Ellison, an American Muslim was trying the Mosque route.

Obama is the candidate who offered the restoration of the principles America was founded on, social justice and equality. Now, with Obama’s odor of anti-islamic sentiment, this may no longer be the case as he looks an ordinary Politician who wants to be elected.

His race speach made him a visionary.

Now he has just to say that America is the greatest nation wherein a black slave with the following history as seen by an act of Virginia county of 1670 could aim to be its President through votes cast by ordinary Americans.

LAWS OF VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER, 1682−−−34th CHARLES II.*


" WHEREAS by the 12 act of assembly held att James Citty the 3d day of October, Anno Domini 1670, entituled an act declareing who shall be slaves, it is enacted that all servants not being christians, being imported into this country by shipping shall be slaves, but what shall come by land shall serve if boyes and girles untill thirty yeares of age, if men or women, twelve yeares and noe longer; and for as much as many negroes, moores, mollatoes and others borne of and in heathenish, idollatrous, pagan and mahometan parentage and country have heretofore, and hereafter may be purchased, procured, or otherwise obteigned as slaves of, from or out of such their heathenish country by some well disposed christian, who after such their obteining and purchaseing such negroe, moor, or molatto as their slave out of a pious zeale, have wrought the conversion of such slave to the christian faith, which by the laws of this country doth not manumitt them or make them free, and afterwards such their conversion, it hath and may often happen that such master or owner of such slave being by some reason inforced to bring or send such slave into this country to sell or dispose of for his necessity or advantage, he the said master or owner of such servant which notwithstanding his conversion is really his slave, or his factor or agent must be constrained either to carry back or export again the said slave to some other place where they may sell him for a slave, or else depart from their just right and tytle to such slave and sell him here for noe longer time then the English or other christians are to serve, to the great losse and damage of such master or owner, and to the great discouragement of bringing in such slaves for the future, and to noe advantage at all to the planter or buyer; and whereas alsoe those Indians that are taken in warre or otherwise by our neighbouring Indians, confederates or tributaries to his majestie, and this his plantation of Virginia are slaves to the said neighbouring Indians that soe take them, and by them are likewise sold to his majesties subjects here as slaves, Bee it therefore enacted by the governour councell and burgesses of this general assembly, and it is enacted by the authority aforesaid, that all the said recited act of the third of October 1670 be, and is hereby repealed and made utterly voyd to all intents and purposes whatsoever. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that all servants except Turkes and Moores, whilest in amity with his majesty which from and after publication of this act shall be brought or imported into this country, either by sea or land, whether Negroes, Moors, Mollattoes or Indians, who and whose parentage and native country are not christian at the time of their first purchase of such servant by some christian, although afterwards, and before such their importation and bringing into this country, they shall be converted to the christian faith; and all Indians which shall hereafter be sold by our neighbouring Indians, or any other trafiqueing with us as for slaves are hereby adjudged, deemed and taken, and shall be adjudged, deemed and taken to be slaves to all intents."



He can even say that " I may not be a Muslim but i want every American Muslim to abjure their loyalty to Muslim Umma and aim to be President of America.This will put the ball in the court of American Muslims who have to face facts of how American national interest demands it provide security to the state of Israel even at the cost of Saudi Arabia.