FIGHTING MUTUAL ENEMIES OFTEN UNITES PEOPLE

ISLAMABAD, Dec 5 (APP)- Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to strengthen cooperation in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism for peace and stability in the region and intensifying trade and economic cooperation to achieve $ 5 billion target of bilateral trade by 2015. The agreement to this effect was reached during the wide-ranging talks between President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, who visited Kabul on the invitation of the Afghan President on December 4-5. Click here for the full article.


In 2007, The Jerusalem Post published this:  "Sworn enemies from Northern Ireland's bitter past joined forces atop a new government, an astonishing achievement that both sides pledged would consign decades of death and destruction to history. The bombastic Protestant evangelist Ian Paisley, known as "Dr. No" because of his refusal to compromise with the Catholic minority, formed an administration alongside Sinn Fein deputy leader Martin McGuinness, a veteran commander in the outlawed Irish Republican Army, which long dreamed of forcing Northern Ireland out of the United Kingdom."  For the full article, click here.

There is a proverb: ' The enemy of my enemy is my friend.'  Wikipedia writes more on this here.. 

The concept makes me wonder if the Republicans and Democrats will ever unite for the good of the country.  So far, the Republicans have resisted.

KNOW YOUR ENEMIES

Before 9/11, most of us would have no occasion to understand or know who the Taliban are,and what their mission for existence is.The BBC has printed an excellent article explaining the Taliban historically and in the present. While most sides in fights like this use bullying tactics, the Taliban seems to deliberately go after collateral damage while we, 'the good guys', go out of our way to try to minimize it.

On 9.8.2009, Bert Hansen wrote in a column on The Telescope: "...the risks of attacks from home-grown eco-terrorists, political extremists and pro-life groups targeting abortion clinics seems to be outweighed by the threat of religiously motivated terrorism exercised by fanatics trained in dedicated facilities, formerly located only in the Middle East. Click here.

Without doubt, the FBI must keep tabs on many militia groups. Groups like the KKK are still alive and well. Refer to my blog article as of 6/15/2009. Terrorism comes in many sizes, shapes and forms. Never forget the Clergy who sexually terrorized youth of both genders whom they should have been protecting and nurturing.

The truth is, we rarely know an enemy until it is too late for many of us. From war to the bully next door or the thief who wants what you own...they are all enemies. We count on the police, the media and other authorities to keep us wary but they have too often failed us. When they fail us, it is too easy for militia, posse, lynchers, and others who presume their right to take action on their own. We must do all in our power to uphold our laws and disallow mob mentality taking over our freedoms. Political corruption has already taken away too much from our rights and lives.

TO WHOM ARE WE LISTENING ABOUT OUR WORLD?

It seems that McCain has been so busy campaigning and listening to his own line that he is fantasying something non-existent. He seems not to be hearing that the Iraqis are chewing us up and spitting us out as we did to them for the last 5 years. Listen up: They want us out of there!!!!
Al Qaeda and the Taliban are in Pakistan where we are now funding them, albeit indirectly.

"The superstitious Right fights global warming." Not since Keith Olbermann issued a series of open letters to Bush have I heard a case presented as coherently and honestly as David Michael Green, writing for Environment. It is well worth your reading of it.