INDIA ATTACKS -- AND PRAISE FOR THE TRIBE

I swear that I wrote my post "Comments on Comments" and sent it to Jenna -- with the parts about India and Kashmir (or Kashimir) -- a full 14 hours before today's attacks. I do not not understand how I am able to see things like this before they happen and the only credit I take is that I have studied hard, asked to be of service, and remained as open to inspiration as I can be. I just watched former CIA-DDI, Johnny McLaughlin on CNN stating clearly that there was likely an Al Qaeda influence seeking to inflame tensions between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. What little we know of the logistics of the attacks is pretty consistent with that. These are serious developments and, given our experience with asymmetric warfare over the last five years, they make sense. We (the U.S.) are trying to separate Al Qaeda from the Taliban, we have telegraphed increased military activity in Afghanistan. What's the asymmetric answer? Start trouble on another border. Pakistan is being forced to decide whether it is a middle eastern country or a western country. Pakistan's crisis is a little more immediate than India's but both are within eyeball range. A significant part of our world future will be shaped by what emerges. Ultimately both countries will find themselves separated from the west because of energy. I have long predicted that one day Mexico will forced to choose to be a Latin American country rather than a North American country as the Pangea of globalism separates and spreads apart.

In other words, what McLaughlin said made immediate sense whereas the initial explanations for 9-11 never did. Instead of viewing these attacks as an attack on American interests (surely a strong component of the overall motive) view them instead as the initial stages of a conflict for who will control that geographic region as power vacuums increase in number and size. Mumbai is a city of 19 million people. It is locked down. Both Pakistan and India are nuclear powers. I'd bet that Islamabad will strongly condemn the attacks in very short order. If they do not, then we all might start holding our collective breath. The rest of the world is already moving to exploit an American power vacuum. Time and initial advantage are of the essence. The Empire is collapsing. There is blood in the water: bright red, fresh American blood.

ON A POSITIVE NOTE -- What amazingly wonderful comments to my last post. Praise to all but especially to Jackie, Bob Paulsen, and D'Napoli. But Sonofafarmer, my friend; I am absolutely delighted to see your input and hope that you will share your thoughts with us frequently. You are our eyes and ears on what is probably the most important front. I just can't thank you enough for sticking your head up and providing such valuable and intelligent.

I'm going back to watch more from India. -- What happened to my rest, someone asked?... As usual, God had other plans. Just call me Charlie Brown these last couple of months. "Snoopy" is right beside me in the psychiatrist's chair.

Happy Turkey

-- MCR

P.S. -- What major banking giant has massive outsourced operations in Mumai. Clue: It's CEO Vikram Pandit happens to be Indian. I see another five hundred billion or so on the line almost immediately.
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From the "Life Copies Mike" department: the slug from the email in which Mike sent his article predicting trouble in India/Pakistan. You may see for yourselves that he did indeed write it hours prior to the attacks in Mumbai:

For Blog -- COMMENTING ON SOME TERRIFIC COMMENTS
Date: 11/26/2008 3:22:59 AM Eastern Standard Time


Of course something had to happen over Thanksgiving. The activist can never blink. It's precisely when our minds are elsewhere - on the secret ingredient for stuffing - that the enemy pounces.

Thanksgiving, 2001 or 2, FEMA closed their services for Lower Manhattan residents. Over Christmas, 2002, the EPA closed its hotline for a cleanup.

In the heart of August, 2003, when everyone was at the beach not reading the newspaper, the EPA Inspector General's Report was released revealing evidence that lies were told compromising the lives or health of thousands, for the express purpose of reopening Wall Street ASAP.

The purpose of the timing was to minimize the exposure of an embarrassing event. By contrast the attacks in India seek maximum exposure. But the lesson remains: Someone needs to be on active duty at all times.

Meanwhile, I watch the various squabbles unfold on the blog and am constantly reminded that the left is notorious for self-destructing. The powerful keep their eye fixed on the goal. It is close enough that they can smell it so they focus like a dog in chase.

The left have no such prize within grasp so they claw at each other.

Not that I think we're in danger of that but there are shades of it in the annoyances that people voice. We get caught up in the moment, the fleeting insults. And this being the internet and most of us being, for all practical purposes, anonymous, we feel free to vent. A few hours later, the sun comes out again.

It harks back to a line someone once said about academia: The reason the fighting is so fierce is that the stakes are so low.

JO