I do know people who knew two of the Mumbai victims.
I see you have no sympathy for me, nor empathy for any of those murdered that day. Thank you very much, and I hope I won't find many people like you if I ever happen to visit Pakistan.
Solomon2,
Any innocent life lost is something tragic and most regrettable.
There is genuine sympathy for the innocents but human mind always comes up with many thoughts and arguments.
The us versus them argument usually prompts one into thinking that their innocent is not the same as our innocent.
To some extent this is true since an Israeli citizen killed as opposed to a Palestinian citizen killed will not at all invoke the same sentiments from across the globe, leaving the two main parties aside.
It is because once you are detached from some party, the chances are that you shall not feel much sympathy for their loss, especially if an established prejudice already exists against the victims in your heart.
This is why we see so much hate in this world.
However i have seen that once you know a person regardless of a difference in religion, nationality, creed etc. their untimely death will be a tragedy in your mind.
The reality is that any innocent life lost in any part of the world is the same loss really.
Just a different name, ethnicity and religion but a human being nonetheless sent into this world by Allah.
I am sure H2O3C4Nitrogen did not mean any offense to Jews, i think he can better explain himself to you via PM.
His main argument is that India will do unto Pakistanis what it can never do unto its own and vice versa...so to demonize ISI and RAW has been the norm of this region.
You assess the situation and tell me what kind of a stupid agency you think ISI to be, if it plans such an outrageous attack at a time when Pakistan is in a critical battle with the terrorist horde?
We already are the much smaller army, however after the FATA and Swat operations the disparity on eastern front is even more evident.
The attack gained naught for Pakistan in any way possible, it made us further insecure and at risk.
Makes no sense for ISI to plan such an operation using people from Pakistan, it was downright stupid and bizarre to say the least, this was not the work of a covert agency but a deliberate effort to fuel the fires of war.
When there are so many rebel and militant groups in India, why would ISI not act through them even if we consider that there was anything to gain by such terrorist attacks (which i consider rubbish)?
I see no logic to implicate ISI in this attack, except the traditional mistrust and enmity playing its part.
What I see is a clever ploy by Al Qaeda and its allies to ensure that Pakistan Army is diverted and even a war is started which shall be heaven sent to these extremists as an Indo Pak war will give them much more space and chances of infiltrating the entire subcontinent.