"me no big chief …

-by Salvador Dalí

Those catch-my-breath moments when I see or hear for the first time
things that makes me stop, step back and simply go into a
wow-filled silence.

This is a painting I have always held in awe.
I have looked at it many times, feeling there was more to it,
with the feeling that I was on the verge of an elusive understanding…

Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus) was painted in 1954 by Salvador Dalí,
and depicts the crucified Jesus upon the net of a hypercube.
Gala (Dalí’s wife), is the figure in the bottom left, who stands looking up to the crucified Jesus. The scene is depicted in front of the Bay of Port Lligat

Till I had spent an entire weekend
struggling to think laterally, literally in right angles
or as learned mathematicians would call it, along orthogonals.

With the knowledge of how a hypercube opens up into a tesseract
in the fourth spatial dimension, I think I understand why –
the crucifix is a structure floating in 4D
while everything else on the painting is in the 3D
and there is no physical point of contact between the body of Jesus and the cross.

Dali, with his genius, in his painting has opened out the scene of the crucifiction
into the fourth dimension
and maybe beyond.

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… continuing to monitor a very expensive hangover:

Pakistan is a major non-NATO ally of the United States.

Major non-NATO ally (MNNA) is a designation given by the United States government to exceptionally close allies who have close strategic working relationships with American forces but are not members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
While the MNNA status does not automatically include a mutual defense pact with the United States, it does confer a variety of military and financial advantages that otherwise are not obtainable by countries not in NATO.

19th September 2001:

President General Musharraf:

Address to the People of Pakistan
Excerpts:

“Pakistan comes first, everything else comes later”.

I must tell them that I and my government are much more worried about Afghanistan and Taliban. I have done everything for Afghanistan and Taliban when the entire world is against them.

We are trying our best to come out of this critical situation without any damage to Afghanistan and Taliban. This is my earnest endeavor and with the blessings of Allah I will continue to seek such a way out.

What I would like to know is how do we save Afghanistan and Taliban. And how do we ensure that they suffer minimum losses: I am sure that you will favor that we do so and bring some improvement by working with the nations of the world. At this juncture, I am worried about Pakistan only.

I am the Supreme Commander of Pakistan and I give top priority to the defense of Pakistan, Defense of any other country comes later. We want to take decisions in the interest of Pakistan.

[Text and photograph: www.american rhetoric.com]

20th September 2001:

President GW Bush:

Address to the Joint Session of Congress and the American People
“Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime“

Every nation – in every region!

17th June 2004:

Bush names Pakistan ‘major ally’

BBC News
President George W Bush has upgraded relations with Pakistan by formally naming it as a major non-Nato ally. The move is in recognition of Islamabad’s contribution in the fight against al-Qaeda, and is being seen as Washington’s way of saying thank-you.

Pakistan will now enjoy a special security relationship with the US.

An ally: (noun) :
1. a person who associates or cooperates with another; supporter.
2. a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose

16th September 2008

Pakistan orders troops to open fire if US raids

By STEPHEN GRAHAM – Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military has ordered its forces to open fire if U.S. troops launch another air or ground raid across the Afghan border, an army spokesman said Tuesday. The orders, which come in response to a highly unusual Sept. 3 ground attack by U.S. commandos, are certain to heighten tensions between Washington and a key ally against terrorism.

Pakistani officials warn that stepped-up cross-border raids will accomplish little while fueling violent religious extremism in nuclear-armed Pakistan. Some complain that the country is a scapegoat for the failure to stabilize Afghanistan.

We know Pakistan is so fuelled up with religious extremism, it cannot ‘fuel up’ any further.
We know Pakistan will again blackmail the world with the threat of nuclear arms.
We now know why Afghanistan could not be stabilised, the “enemies”
in the war of terror are being protected in, if not by, Pakistan.

Musharraf, give his due, kept his promise to save and protect the Talibans.
His followers are simply carrying out his legacy.

If in this ‘war’, Pakistan is a true ally of the US, they should open up their border
to let the NATO troops help them in the fight on terror –
that they have struggled with for SEVEN years.

Fought?! Did they, really?

17th September 2008

A friend in deed?
Or a friend in its own need?
Is Mr Bush asking “if not with us! then who are you with”?

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Remember the rhetorics of the 9/20 amidst applause and standing ovations to a

Joint Session of Congress and the American People

In a historic address to the nation and joint session of Congress Sept. 20,
President Bush pledges to defend America’s freedom against the fear of terrorism.
White House by Eric Draper.

“Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make.
Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.
(Applause.)
From this day forward,
any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism
will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime“

In Pakistan,
America created a new frontier to fight their perceived enemies of terror.
Never realising that they could ever get the support of one muslim to fight another.
It is said, Pakistan was threatened to be bombed back to stone ages if Pakistan did not comply.
Musharraf took full opportunity to overtly show support –

And he was rewarded with aid, arms, ammunitions, F-16s and missiles.

Pakistan’s $4.7 Billion ‘Blank Check’ for U.S. Military Aid

After 9/11, funding to country soars with little oversight

By Nathaniel Heller, Sarah Fort and Marina Walker Guevara
Data analysis by Ben Welsh

WASHINGTON — In the three years after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, U.S. military aid to Pakistan soared to $4.7 billion, compared to $9.1 million in the three years before the attacks — a 50,000 percent increase — boosting Pakistan to the top tier of countries receiving this type of funding.

More than half of the new money was provided through a post-9/11 Defense Department program — Coalition Support Funds — not closely tracked by Congress.

CSF money has continued to flow despite growing U.S. concerns over Pakistan’s assistance in the global war on terror, and the Congressional Research Service estimates Pakistan’s total take of CSF through August 2006 at $4.75 billion.

A recent study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimates the total value of all American aid, including military, economic, and development assistance, to Pakistan since 9/11 at more than $10 billion.

In June 2004, President Bush designated Pakistan as a major non-NATO ally. And eligible to purchase advanced American military technology

which includes:
* purchase of depleted uranium anti-tank rounds
* priority delivery of military surplus (ranging from rations to ships)
* possession of War Reserve Stocks of DoD-owned equipment
* permission to use American financing for the purchase or lease of certain defense equipment
* reciprocal training
* expedited export processing of space technology

And went on to sell more arms and ammunitions.

US ‘agrees’ Pakistan missile sale

BBC News: Thursday, 1 June 2006, 16:59 GMT
The Bush administration says that it has agreed to sell Pakistan advanced missiles designed to be launched from ships and submarines. It says that it has also agreed to sell $375m worth of related equipment.

In a notice to Congress, which has to agree the proposal, the Pentagon said the sale would significantly upgrade Pakistan’s existing weapons systems. It said that the security of the US would be improved by aiding what a “key ally in the war against terror”.

The US lifted restrictions on arms sales to Pakistan last year, when it announced an expansion in two-way defence trade, missile-defence cooperation, technology transfers and weapons co-production. The restrictions were put in place in 1990, but lifted after The Pentagon said Pakistan had “demonstrated its willingness to fight terrorists”, especially in Waziristan.

Hold on a moment – “demonstrated its willingness to fight terrorists”?.
I don’t think they ever said that.
He had made it clear he was going to save Talibans.
What Musharraf in response to America’s call for support did say was:

Address to People of Pakistan:

September 19, 2001, (Original Text Copyrighted)

Musharraf addressed the people of Pakistan and stated he supported the Taliban, and he was trying his best to come out of the critical situation without any damage to Afghanistan and Taliban. And he would looking for ways to save Afghanistan and Taliban.

It has gone all horribly wrong; today the battle lines are about to be re-drawn.
The US Forces in Afghanistan risks facing strikes by the same F-16s
the ground troops shot at by the same depleted-U tankbusters
that they had so willingly given to them.

US Congressional panel to examine supply of F-16 to Pakistan

Press Trust of India Sridhar Krishnaswami
Washington, Sept 15 (PTI)
In the backdrop of an upsurge in unilateral American strikes on militants near Pakistan’s Afghan border, a US Congressional panel is set to examine the rationale of F-16 programme with Islamabad as part of its war against terror.

Democratic Congressman Gary Ackerman, the Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, has convened a hearing entitled “Defeating Al Qaeda’s Air Force: Pakistan’s F-16 Programme in the Fight Against Terrorism”. Ackerman and many of his colleagues on Capitol Hill have for long questioned the rationale of giving the F-16s to Pakistan as a part of the war on terror.

The congressmen now want a comprehensive statement from senior officials about the complete scope of the F-16 programme with Pakistan that include the number of planes, updates made to existing planes, proposed armaments, schedule of delivery and source of payment.

It is a bit too late,
the party is coming to an end
the most powerful idiot on earth has realised he now has a headache…

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Yet again the rabid animals have killed innocent civilians.
Yesterday 5 bomb blasts in a Delhi market place have left 20 dead and 90 injured.

20 DEAD IN DELHI SERIAL BLASTS

CNN-IBN
New Delhi: Five bomb blasts rocked popular shopping destinations in the national capital within a span of 22 minutes on Saturday evening killing at least 20 people and leaving over 100 injured.

The first blast took place at Ghaffar Market in the Karol Bagh area at about 1815 hrs IST in which 16 people were killed and over 20 injured.
Soon after the blast in Ghaffar market, two explosions took place in Connaught Place killing four people.
The two blasts in Connaught place took place at the Central Park near Palika Bazaar and at Barakhamba Road.
There were two blasts in Greater Kailash-I, too, with the first one taking place near Levi’s store and the other blast took place near the Prince Pan Corner damaging 10 shops.
The blasts were of low intensity and ball bearings were used to maximise the impact.

The Indian Mujahideen emailed IBN-CNN minutes before the blasts claiming responsibilities.

Indian Mujahideen claims responsibility

NDTV Correspondence

An e-mail purportedly from a group calling itself the “Indian Mujahideen” claimed it carried out the attacks, adding: “Do whatever you can. Stop us if you can.”

Killed by muslims.
Killed by mujahideen
Killing in the name of Allah.
Killing in the name of Islam.

Yet, there are muslims who will shrug of responsibility under their traditional excuse.
Such as,

All India United Muslim Mocha (AIUMM), in a communique, termed the blasts as an attack on sovereignty, integrity and secularism. “Terrorism has nothing to do with Islam. Persons involved in such heinous acts cannot claim to be a Muslim,” Kamal Ashraf, spokesperson of the AIUMM, said.

On a discussion forum,
when asked to condemn these killing in the name of Islam, a muslim member wrote

those who are killing for repligion are not the followers of the real religion. those who work for peace like myself are the followers of the real religion.

I can only read in disbelief.
With one evasive word and an evasive excuse – the responsibility is wiped off.

Any act that has been committed in the name of a religion the entire religion has to stand up and take responsibility. When there are a series of such acts with the same message it is all the more reason that the religion takes the responsibility to stop it.

Those who killed they were all muslims.
There are no ‘non-real’ muslims, just like there is no ‘non-real’ Islam.

There is only one Quran.
There is only one text from their God – one teaching.
Those who kill also finds justification in the same text.
There is no two ISLAMs.

The question in my mind is,
if and when the perpetrators are arrested, tried and found guilty of mass murder,
should they be hung?
or should they be shot?
or should they be pardoned because their act was in the name of religion?

Should we not ask the victims and their families?

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He sent me away to see my friends.
And when I came home – it felt different – it was, it was empty.

I went looking for him, everywhere.
No –
not in his bed,
not in the garden
not in his pooh room
not on the sofa tapping into his silly blackbox, – he was gone

I was worried.
Who would give me my tumpy-tickles
who would chase me round and round the garden
who would sing me to sleep every night so tunelessly
who would make me cutie with a brush from tailtip to nosetip
who was going to be so generous with my crunchie-munchies all through the day?

I became thin with worry, (and er, without my crunchie-munchies).
I counted days, I counted hours, I counted minutes and then forgot to count.
He was really gone –

Then
one day I came home
I got into the house and I knew
I knew he was back, I ran up the stairs
he was tapping into his taplop – I jumped on his chest, and licked his scruffy face.

He is back, my crunchie-munchie man, the littleindian
a dog’s best friend.

The hungry pet is back…
Give me biscuits and more of that
And next time you leave me like this
I’ll go away for sure and roam in the streets
I warn you master better take care.

 

A poem left for me by a new friend – Nanda

😀

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