Topic: Pakistan floods - "winning hearts and minds"

I was watching the news recently and it was claimed that the Pakistan flooding disaster could be seized upon by extremists to recruit more to the cause, pointing out government inaction and making charitable offerings as part of a PR exercise.

THere has also been a consistent theme of the news saying that international donations to Pakistan have been sluggish (including from other parts of the Islamic world).

Obviously people have concerns about corruption, wastage and money falling into "enemy" hands but quite apart from the humanitarian disaster is this not a great opportunity for the west world to pull off a PR coup both in Pakistan and throughout the Islamic world as a whole? Large charitable donations both from governments and from private donations could show the Pakistani people (and people through the rest of the Islamic world) that the West is a friend in need and can offer more help than the militants and extremists.

I am mainly thinking about private donations here, and I tihnk this could be a golden opportunity to soften the opinions of people in certain islamic nations (such as Pakistan and Afghanistan) who might otherwise be at risk of recruitment to miltant activities.

tweehonderd graden, dat is waarom ze me mr. fahrenheit noemen, ik reis aan de snelheid van het licht, ik ga een supersonische man van u maken

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dunno, we been big supporters and it doesn't translate into a lot of good will

by all means help for humanitarian reasons

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Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

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yeah by all means help them, but honestly there's been USAID logo's stamped on everything throughout the years and then dropped in crappy places with horrible problems and it didn't really do much, people seem to consider it's normal for the US to do this and the only emotion involved is getting pissed that it's not enough/too late and whatnot

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4 (edited by Skyroshroud 26-Aug-2010 09:12:53)

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humanitarian reasons you say??

did any of you watch a recent video of two young men being kicked to death by a violent mob and then hung upside down in the street ??? well their sin was to rob at a market, they werent judged, someone pointed at them with a single acusation and they were tortured that terrible way, and the saddest thing is, they were innocent, they were just going to play cricket and found a horrible death.

Now if you ask me, this uncivilized mob is the one whos gonna receive your humanitarian aid, [moo], they deserve all the floods in the universe. You cannot claim for humanitarian reasons when there ain't humans behind, only BEASTS.

X(

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It was only 50-60 years ago that a black man could be shot by the police for stealing a can of soda in America, dont be so quick to dole out judgements.

6 (edited by Hookers 26-Aug-2010 01:27:06)

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Ummm, we're over there in the middle east building schools, hospitals, putting in electric and running water and yet all they want is for the US to be out of there...


Some cases I don't blame them as we are "infidels" on their land...  But the normal people this benefits will hide those setting roadside bombs, murderers, and those flat out against the US or any other nation that isn't muslim.   The US passes out money over there like 5 cent candy and yet they would rather have to walk to the creek for drinking water and teach their young how to hold a weapon.


All I can say is give 'em all nukes and let 'em hit each other with them!   Pretty much same thing about the gang bangers in the larger cities, give 'em guns and arrest what's left..

Everyone needs Hookers in their Family  !!!

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> Khaz Modan wrote:

> It was only 50-60 years ago that a black man could be shot by the police for stealing a can of soda in America, dont be so quick to dole out judgements.


yeah and you had your deadly floods too.
Luckily americans still learn from mistakes and are in time to change the course of things.

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lol Hooker, Gangs of New York was a great movie indeed wink

No matter waht you try to help civilians when they have been educated to HATE the USA, because in their washed brains you are trying to invade them, not to turn them civilized, and when you continuously aid them it becomes a must, the way if you stop the aid then you are blamed and hated.

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Wow, isn't it amazing that if you give people a chance to talk sometimes they can show themselves to be much more narrow-minded and dim witted than you could ever hope to reveal with clever words or arguments of your own?

tweehonderd graden, dat is waarom ze me mr. fahrenheit noemen, ik reis aan de snelheid van het licht, ik ga een supersonische man van u maken

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um render is not American, so don't taunt him with American racism

>>It was only 50-60 years ago that a black man could be shot by the police for stealing a can of soda in America, dont be so quick to dole out judgements.<<

actually if you are stealing anything a cop will stop you. and then, in that confrontation, if you move wrong, white or black, you're dead.  Because rapists and hit men do not get caught by SWAT teams who do commando raids on their headquarters.  They get caught running stop signs and shoplifting and shoving people in parking lots.  That trivial offender can be wanted in six states for class A felonies. And if they are, they are going to be looking for a way to beat the arrest.  They will not want to be locked in a cell for stealing beer when the FBI answers the Sheriff that their fingerprints match those posted all over the country.

So everybody taken into custody is watched like they are going to shoot their way clear.  And if you are stupid enough and mad enough to act the tough guy you will be lucky to just get roughed up.

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

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SD I am not racist, racism is a very variable concept, and often manipulated for ones or others to their favour. I am just using common sense, the pakistani population is not my race, that's ok, but it is secondary in this argument, you can still find uncivilized people of your own race in 1st world states, but the difference is they are a few and they're called criminals, arrested and jailed, while the angry and ignorant mob you want to aid are free after doing things like the one I posted above.

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> Render wrote:

> humanitarian reasons you say??

did any of you watch a recent video of two young men being kicked to death by a violent mob and then hung upside down in the street ??? well their sin was to rob at a market, they werent judged, someone pointed at them with a single acusation and they were tortured that terrible way, and the saddest thing is, they were innocent, they were just going to play cricket and found a horrible death.

Now if you ask me, this uncivilized mob is the one whos gonna receive your humanitarian aid, [moo], they deserve all the floods in the universe. You cannot claim for humanitarian reasons when there ain't humans behind, only BEASTS.

X(


So basically you are labelling the whole country as "BEASTS" simply because there are some extremists out there? There might be more criminals there than in Spain and their culture might be different and beyond your comprehension but that gives you no right to label them as beast. I am pretty sure if I looked I would find a story in which a Spaniard does something terrible but that means nothing. Yes, in their culture there are things which you probably do not understand, like the way they treat women. One thing I know for sure, which is that western europe used to treat women similarly (with the exception of burkas and some other trivial details). Here in Holland, it was not until 1922 when women too were allowed to vote. They are called underdevelopped countries for a reason smile

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Obviously Ariana you didn't watch the video, it wasn't a pack of extremists, it was a horde of people treating 2 human lifes like if they mean nothing at all, and there were kids and women included, looking how 2 men are tortured to death. Those kids watching the impunement of such actions are the future of the country, and they learn only violence for free, a man's life has no value so they wont have any doubt when told to kill you or your family, so in summary, are we aiding future terrorists or are we fighting against them? 

And waht do we gain with aiding these people after a natural disaster? I will tell you, we only gain a temporal cure for our consciences, so we can think for a while we are doing the right thing, until the next disaster.
They arent capable to discern their situation is a direct consequence of their politics/religious actions and in their sick minds this natural disaster is a punishment sent directly from their god because they were turning pleasant with occidentals/americans.

And yes, world history showed how Spain was cruel with natives and consequently Spain lost most of their colonies after having conquered half the known world. But right now Spain is a civilized country and we meet the human rights.

Underdeveloped countries like you say are undeveloped because of their medieval religions they follow strictly, the way science and technology cannot advance (except in military research, funny thing), not a single leader there will take care of social welfare while religion is above the human rights.

So in summary, we cannot aid people whose only purpose in life is to obey their sick religion to have a place in heaven, and obeying that religion means to keep their livings as they were 5 centuries ago.

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Render, this sounds a lot like bull fights and what happened recently.

there's a vid of a bull climbing onto the place where the people sit and started to rampage on the people. Now you could say "those Spanish bastards deserved it, too bad no Spaniards got killed".

i know a bull isn't a person but there's still a lot of people who see bull fights as uncivilized and barbaric.

Maar doodslaan deed hij niet, want tussen droom en daad,
Staan wetten in de weg en praktische bezwaren,
En ook weemoedigheid, die niemand kan verklaren,
En die des avonds komt, wanneer men slapen gaat.

15 (edited by Render 28-Aug-2010 19:11:47)

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Luckily Catalonia parlament has forbidden bull fights (like you call it) and I must say they're one step ahead of the rest of Spain. I belong to ecologist movements against the 'national party' like toreadors and supporters call it. To claim a 'national party' to be a blood fest where an animal is tortured to death is a real shame for Spain, and only old and ignorant rednecks from the southern regions want to keep that shameful tradition. The way is long and hard to hopefully manage one day to see this sad spectacles forbidden in all our territory, but a first battle is won and we're on the right way to eliminate it.

About that video I commented it at my facebook some days ago, and my exact words were like "It is a real pity nobody died there, you see like the bull had the chance to kill people but he showed compassion, just to teach them he has a soul, bigger than theirs"

I clap my hands anytime the bull catch the torero and shout hooray! when the torero is killed, and I am blamed for it. I could care less, those who blame me are my enemies, I would fight them at the 'arena', I fight with spades and swords and they naked and previously stunned (like the bulls).
Deal?

16 (edited by Chris_Balsz 28-Aug-2010 19:50:34)

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you could just celebrate the horsemanship and pageantry of the picadors hmm

and what about the one where you jump over the bull? That's just fun

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

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Render, I didn't say you were racist. The lady doth protest too much!

tweehonderd graden, dat is waarom ze me mr. fahrenheit noemen, ik reis aan de snelheid van het licht, ik ga een supersonische man van u maken

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I just think we should send them drugs... and tell them it's... not drugs hmm

This forum is stupid.

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wtf you told me it was pixie dust X(

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Nice, friendly people there in Pakistan.

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21 (edited by Undeath 15-Oct-2010 17:56:28)

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Where the [heck] are they getting all that acid? In the drug store?

Not many people know this, but I own the first radio in Springfield. Not much on the air then, just Edison reciting the alphabet over and over. "A" he'd say; then "B." "C" would usually follow...

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Hey, we're trying to rebuild our economy... it's either drugs or tulips and windmills >=|

And that was damn fine pixie dust.

This forum is stupid.

23 (edited by Theodora 08-Sep-2010 02:35:50)

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> Render wrote:

> humanitarian reasons you say??

did any of you watch a recent video of two young men being kicked to death by a violent mob and then hung upside down in the street ??? well their sin was to rob at a market, they werent judged, someone pointed at them with a single acusation and they were tortured that terrible way, and the saddest thing is, they were innocent, they were just going to play cricket and found a horrible death.

Now if you ask me, this uncivilized mob is the one whos gonna receive your humanitarian aid, [moo], they deserve all the floods in the universe. You cannot claim for humanitarian reasons when there ain't humans behind, only BEASTS.

X(




I watched a recent video of a mob trampling some poor Wal-mart employee to death in the U.S. because they wanted to be the first to get their hands on a "good deal".

Mobs are mobs. Don't expect rational behaviour from them.


Anyway, lynching is pretty common behaviour in countries without developed judicial systems (e.g. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Clothing-thieves-killed-by-mob-20100804 , http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/03/26/cambodia-motorcycle-theft-deaths.html). It used to be the norm in the early common law system too.

Hell, it's only been around 50 years since the U.S stopped lynching people for presumed crimes.

To serve is to survive

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yikes Theodora!!! big_smile

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

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I take from this thread that we should teach mobs how to play and appreciate the gentlemanly game of cricket.

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