Balcker, I think it is completely unfair of you to ask such impossible things from Indi.
He is what is is.
We just read him and file his posts under “that ” category and move on read something that is well thought of . Ofcourse on a another blog.
It is similar to buying the Daily News and Daily Mirror and The Island in Sri Lanka.

I second Rajivmw…five policemen laid down their lives to protect our boys. The PCB may have fucked up with the security arrangements and the SLCB with letting them go to Pakistan but the Pakistanis have stuck their neck out for us in the past. The extremists are the assholes, not the Pakistani people, at the end of the day they have come out worse in this mess.

“Mama Kohomath Ethanin Maaru Wenna Hitiye.”

“Hi David, just wanted to say how deeply sad and angry we Pakistanis are at what happened today in Lahore. Thank God, none of the players got critically injured though we lost many policemen. It may be the end of international cricket in Pakistan for years to come. Pakistanis are embarassed as sri lanka showed a great gesture by agreeing to visit us. Hope things improve in the entire region!”

Mr. Sherpao, the former interior minister, contended that it had been possible for the attack to take place because the top echelon of police officials in Lahore had been changed in the last few days.

The changes in police personnel had been ordered by the governor of Punjab, Salman Taseer, who is now overseeing the province by executive order at the behest of President Zardari, Mr. Sherpao said.

Mr. Sherpao alleged that the new team of police officials was more concerned with security at political rallies staged by Nawaz Sharif, the opposition leader. “The security team was marginalized,” Mr. Sherpao said.

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To persuade the Sri Lankans to visit, the Pakistanis offered presidential-style security, Pakistani television reported.

But to show that the Sri Lankan cricket team did not receive the security it had asked for, the Dawn television channel on Tuesday night showed the elaborate motorcades with bulletproof vehicles traveling at high speed with flashing lights used by senior Pakistani officials.

In contrast, the television report showed bullet holes in the windows of the cricketers’ bus. New York Times

It’s just a whole load of bullshit, this ‘if we don’t play, we let the terrorists win’. I’ve noticed that players rarely say this, but it’s mostly journos who say such crap.

The whole reason why England went to play in India despite the Mumbai attacks was because Pietersen (the captain @ that time) knew that he would fetch a high price in the IPL and, if he didn’t take his team there, he could say goodbye to the millions of dollars on offer. If the exact same thing had happened in Pakistan, he would’ve said to the PCB ‘Stuff it up your ass’ and just stayed at home.

This is the reality. Everyone just has to learn to accept this.

And this is a good example of what separatism based on racial/ethnic lines can lead to. Ali Jinna must have not asked for Pakistan, if he had known that it’s going to be a failed state within six decades of its set up.

If you look at Indian media , you can see how jubilant they are because of the golden opportunity opened for them to continue with their Pakistan bashing. After funding and providing ideological support for militant groups to destabilize her neighboring states, now they are blaming Pakistan for hosting terrorism. Now they can team up with Obama lead US and fuck both Afganistan and Pakistan together

And this is a good example what separatism based on racial/ethnic lines. Ali Jinna must have not asked for Pakistan, if he had known that it’s going to be a failed state within six decades of its set up.

If you look at Indian media , you can see how jubilant they are because of the golden opportunity opened for them to continue with their Pakistan bashing. After funding and providing ideological support for militant groups to destabilize her neighboring states, now they are blaming India for hosting terrorism. Now they can team up with Obama lead US and fuck both Afganistan and Pakistan together.

If you want to say something like ‘most Muslims support these terrorists’ then try to take a minute to a) spell Muslim correctly and b) Google your facts.

The PEW Global Attitudes Project has an interesting 2005 study called Islamic Extremism: Common Concern for Muslim and Western Publics. The answer is that no, Muslims do not support terrorists, though far too many do say violence against civilians is justified (25%). And over 50% of Pakistanis reported confidence in Bin Laden, which is pretty freaking bad. Hopefully that has changed and will change with Bush being less of a bogeyman.

And those numbers move significantly between nations, among Muslims. Islam needs to be part of the solution, but it didn’t create terrorism.

After Al Qaeda/Taliban stirrings, Mumbai and now this, however, it’s obvious that something is deeply wrong with the Pakistani state. How much this is anybody’s fault I don’t know, but something should probably be done about it. I know they’re between a rock and a hard place, but their troubles are spilling out into the region.

“No state, however efficient, however caring, can prevent all terrorist attacks. ”

That sums up it all.

I agree my comment “Kill’em all” might sound a little too much of emotional.

IMHO, Pakistan State and it’s people should not get any blame here. Of course their security forces would have had much tighter security, knowing that this kind of a thing is possible. But they did their best.

Remember, Pakistan had been a great supporter of Sri Lanka cricket. If someone says, “we shouldn’t have toured Pakistan, because all other countries refused to do so” it’s wrong. SLC did the right thing by helping Pakistani Cricket out, in their own disaster. No one would have thought it’ll end up in this. Most probably, the objective would have been to damage the SL-Pakistani relationships in Cricket and in diplomatic matters.

I am not a diplomat, or a decision maker in Pakistani Cricket Board or SLC. But my opinion is this. The tour must continue! Of course, may be after few month’s break. Of course with much more tighter security measures. That’s the best answer we could give to the people who were involved in the attack.

I am sorry on behalf of my countrymen… we are sorry… we were unable to protect your team..”

This is a comment posted on LBO. I would feel terrible, like Ali Hammad, if anything like what happened in Lahore happened in Sri Lanka.

We need to distinguish between those who engage in terrorist practices and ordinary Pakistanis who must be heart broken at what has befallen their country. I agree that the states, both Pakistani and Sri Lankan, bear some responsibility, but not sole responsibility. No state, however efficient, however caring, can prevent all terrorist attacks.

And we must continue to play cricket and do everyday things. To not do so is to let the terrorists win.

You have to go back to the Munich Olympics for a similar attack which just shows how rare it is. I am just shocked by this and having lived in Sri Lanka,being shocked by anything is a strange feeling.