Bollywood actress on Mumbai attacks: “Terrorism should be struck down with an iron hand”
Why can’t more Hollywood celebrities talk like this about global jihadists who threaten us all:
Shabana Azmi- ‘I was on the phone with a friend in London when she asked me to switch on the TV. It’s a diabolic war waged on our city and country. This isn’t the time to place blame. We need to maintain peace and communal harmony and cooperate with the police. Our condolences to police officers who sacrificed their lives. Terrorism should be struck down with an iron hand.’
And this:
Shilpa Shetty – It makes me sad and angry that Mumbai residents are soft targets for such attacks. It’s an unsettling feeling, especially since we seem not equipped to deal with it. This is an open war against humanity.’
Instead, we get Rosie O’Donnell and other Tinseltown members of the 9/11 idiot brigade.
Sigh.
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Closer to home, in San Francisco, some people are starting to wake up:
Ashwini Surper, a software developer and one of the event organizers, said she has been glued to the television since Thursday, when news of the siege by terrorists began.
“Our message today is that it is not one nation, not one ethnic group, that has to fight terrorism,” Surper said. “People have looked at terrorism as a fragmented problem, or as America’s problem. But it is a global problem.”
Surper, who has been a guest at Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel, a 105-year-old landmark that was seized by attackers believed to be Muslim extremists, called Mumbai “the pride of India.”
“I am really angry, and I am not an angry person,” she said, shaking her head. “India is a spiritual place. I am spiritual. I am a yoga practitioner who believes in nonviolence and peace. But the world is letting terrorism happen. That’s why I’m angry.”
Madhu Upadhyay, who was born in Ahmedabad, India, and was visiting San Francisco from his home in New York, called last week’s attacks “an ominous sign.” He said that Ahmedabad was the site of another terrorist attack in late July, in which dozens of people were killed.
“The message is, this madness must end,” Upadhyay said. “India must tackle this problem with like-minded nations.”
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I’m going to need the brain bleach for that Rosie pic. Michelle.
I thought George W. Bush caused all the terrorism.
They will never eat Curry in this town again.
I thought the election of BO was the end of all hate. Hmmm.
BTW did you see that the Police that were there would not even fire upon the Terrorists? That’s what will happen here if we keep down this road of liberal Utopianism.
Should be interesting to see if the calls for releasing the poor souls at Gitmo into this country continue.
I think Islam should be illegal in all non-Islamic states. Just like Christianity & all other religions are illegal in Islamic states. How can you tackle terrorism while the root of its hatred keeps breeding killers, beginning with its founder. Terror is spreading because we don’t really confront the issue… To Submit is Islam’s core mantra.
The reason Hollywood, Queen Anne Hill area of Seattle etc. are the way the are is that they have never been oppressed or invaded by anyone..hence their myopic view of terrorism.
We’ve had it too good for too long…
Good point. These folks have probably never lived a difficult day in their lives, or if they have, they don’t remember it. It’s easy to be that liberal when you have no worries at all.
convert or die saith the moslems…I say make THEM do the dying. I could care less about the conversion part.
This thing should have been settled by now save for the feckless W.
Well…. it was a BushCo conspiracy that did this terrorist plot in India (which also includes the Jewish people although I dont know why that is important other than it sounds good). The NeoCons wanted to deflect the GOP loss in the US.
The world loves us now! No one will ever attack us here in North America again now that Obama will be President. We’re safe!! (just dont travel abroad)
I DO love a good Bollywood flick every now and again. I got turned on to them back when I was stationed in the Persian Gulf.
Side note about Arabic TV: And who knew that Egyptian TV is like Sabado Gigante! The women are hot and none of them wear veils!!
Then again do you blame the terrorists for not cause any havoc in the homes of their cheerleaders?
A big DUH to all of you just waking up to the facts GWB has been trying to tell you for eight long years.
Instead of vilifying him, we have needed to thank him for remaining strong in the face of the hate that his been thrown his way from both sides of this country.
Yes he has made huge mistakes in a lot areas, but he has continued to fight the good fight for freedom while under constant hate from most of his fellow Americans.
The whole world has acted like an ostrich with its head in the sand and
acting as if one wild cowboy was the real problem.
The effort to demonstrate our humanity to our enemies has been ferociously matched by the brutality and inhumanity
of a determined murderous enemy.
This attack mimics the Golden Mosque tactic they used in Iraq and is meant to trigger a wider regional tension between Muslims and Hindus.
With the Obama Presidency looming and his professed pacification philosophy expect more and more of these provocations in an attempt to trigger an all out war between Muslims and the western world.
This quote sounds exactly like the vilified President Bush.
I wonder if the attacks on India are (particularly)in conjunction with the rise of India as a burgeoning non-muslim economic and military power, and the jihadi’s fear of such a rival….
Indeed Bush has shined on this issue whereas Barrack stands quite the chance of screwing things up even with the retention of Gates and General Petraeus….
The talking heads in the media keep saying that we need to take a balanced approach and not choose sides between India and Pakistan. Screw that! Let’s side with India and eliminate all vestiges of Jihad in Pakistan together. Whatever it takes, as far as I’m concerned.
They’re concerned that Pakistan won’t allow us access to Afghanistan—why ask them?
Unfortunately this should have been done years ago, and now we have Obamawimp and it’s too late.
Charlie Sheen, the guy who was too stupid for Denise “Duh” Richards, wants to narrate
Screw LooseLoose Change?I thought that was piece of garbage had been laughed off the internet completely. It was too stupid for even the most whacked 911 nuts.
It is not by happingstance that theses attacks took place post-presidential election prior to the oath of office. Those who hate us see a golden opportunity to drive a wedge between us and are current/potential allies in the war on terror. With Obama in office, our enemies know they will have greater latitude to deepen such a wedge. All non-islamic states surrounded by islamic nations will see greater incidents of attacks in the coming years. Look to india, thailand, and the philipines to be the primary victims of such attacks. The muslims know they can use their terror agenda against these nations without undo hindrance from an Obama administratoin.
With an Obama presidency, expect more attacks in the near future. He will have to greatly expand the State Department in order to have enough people to go and have “talks” with all the groups.
No, the Murdering B**tards hit India because it REFUSES to give into them *and* because Israel and India are freely sharing commercial and military technology with each other. Note the attack on a Jewish Center containing less than a dozen people (BTW – Chabad is *not* “ultra-Orthodox”) in a city of 18 Million. Can’t pass up an opportunity to kill a few Jews!
I love it! Two great brain-filled countries “conspiring” against murderers and thieves…
Because they are traitors at heart.
Two countries the muslims have a particular hated for would be India and Spain. These were muslim conquered lands and the barbarians want them back. We are seeing a version of that in the Balkans- first they need to re-establish the muslim Caliphate homelands and then the world.
The civilized world keeps whining about “Religion of Peace-Can’t We Just Get Along” and the jihadist see that as weakness. But with BroBama in the White House for the foreseeable future America will not be a player for anything good.The Russian Bear is supplying one muslim and leftist nation after another with nuclear power, weapons and such and Mr. Lefty and friends are talking about a 25% cut in our military.
We are entering a cold dark night.
What – she realizes you can’t achieve peace by singing “Kumbaya” and having talks with these animals?
They killed hundreds of people – including women and children – and tortured many (especially Israeli) before killing them.
They are animals. Jihadists are animals. Muslim extremists are animals.
And anyone with a brain knows they’ve made their objective clear: complete and total subjugation of the entire world to radical Islam and shari’a law.
Now, liberals, if you’re okay with that, well, that’s just pathetic.
Me? I’ll fight terrorism and live freely, thankyouvermuch.
We’re trying to. If all those looney, leftwing liberals would stay out of our way, we might actually suceed.
The whole world does not have their head in the sand, seattledad. My brother-in-law is somewhere on the Island of Mindanao, Philippines chasing after and killing muslim terrorists as we speak. May God in heaven be with him.
Our President had tried for 8 years to fight this with an iron hand, but the liberals with the iron heads have been totally against him and tried to do everything they could to stop him. They won’t even try to fight this when it happens again in our country. Other post are correct – we must eliminate the muslim culture from our shores. Their beliefs are to destroy us. You may be thinking that your muslim neighbor is so nice, but deep down in his/her heart, he is wanting to destroy you and everything you stand for.
As of jan 20th you can strike the usa off that list.
BTW as of know there is a 50/50 chance of a nuclear war between india and pakistan. We may want to look at ways to get our people out of afganistan quickly to avoid the radiation.
know = now, more caffine please
know = now, more caffine please
Thanks for the pic of Rosie, Michelle. You just reminded me to add “Self mutilation” to my todo list for today.
As for the terrorist attacks at the Taj, I am reminded of what Alfred said to Bruce. “Some people just want to see the world burn”.
Ha! When it is the U.S. getting attacked it is no big deal. We should start making the world like us more and it wouldn’t happen, but when it is their country being attacked, all of a sudden it becomes a world problem and the nations should strike it down with a iron hand. Terrorism events are happening just like WWII began. It could have been stopped easily also but the world just stood by and laughed at Churchill, as they laugh at Bush. Now suffer idiots.
And we just elected chamberland.
On December 1st, 2008 at 12:31 am, ronfromhollywood said:
Bingo, etc.
Not enough has been stated about the utter lack of security in Mumbai. The people were sitting ducks. Where was the Indian Coast Guard? Where was dock security? The police in the station refuse to even fire there guys?
So why are people allowed to carry guns to protect themselves again? If citizens had guns, those terrorists would have been shot by some hero’s. We can NOT count on governments to protect us.
PBoilermaker said:
Click on the link, Boilermaker. There’s one beautiful woman — and smart, too!
I was in India back around May and passed the Taj Mahal hotel on a fast and furious car tour of Mumbai. I didn’t really pay that much attention to it because there are a lot of things called the Taj Mahal in Mumbai.
The India Gate you see on TV is the arch through which the last British troops passed when India got her independence. It’s right on the waterfront of the huge bay, which is full of small and medium sized ships. As you are looking at the India Gate, if you turn around and look the other way, you’re looking at the Taj Mahal hotel, which is built right out to the road.
The hotels out by the airport, where I stayed, an hour’s drive on the jam-packed freeway going ten mph, are better secured. They are set back from the road by at least 150 yards and all cars entering the gate are searched for bombs. The Taj Mahal probably was an easier target than them, far more accessible. India has about one Muslim terror attack per week. Most of them are below the radar of the world press. It looks like the Muslims wanted to use Indian blood to ink bigger headlines.
Mumbai has a Muslim district full of mosques. It’s the only place where I have gotten the stink eye from a Muslim. A cab driver wearing a Muslim cap gave me a crazy look like you might see from a moonshine whiskey maker to a revenuer who’s busted his still.
Mumbai is basically miles and miles of slums, people living in brick huts with corrugated steel roofs weighted down with bricks and tile. Others live in mid-rise walk up apartments with no air conditioning. Here and there are islands of prosperity, a business compound or upscale apartment building, amid a vast sea of poverty. While there are dozens of political parties, the penants of which fly everywhere to mark their territory, the politics of the everyday Mumbaikar appears to be limited to making enough money to feed their family today.
In that sense, the Muslim massacre makes as much sense as Al Capone gunning down people in a soup line during the Depression to protest the IRS. It’s pointless and depraved.
If jihadists were to blow up, say, Universal Studios in the heart of Hollyweird, the libtards out there might finally have a clue shoved up their collective keester. Until then, terrorism is made up problem perpetuated by our own government in order to incite the proletariat masses.
I freakin hate American actors.
Hollywood is so removed from reality that it’s no wonder they have no clue. If an attack similar to Mumbai’s ever happened in L.A., you watch how fast their tune would change.
There is truth in the adage, “A liberal is a conservative who has never been mugged.”
BTW, anyone remember that line from “Get Smart” when the bad guys are about to blow up LA?
Shtarker: Too bad about all the dead movie stars.
Siegfried: Yes. What will we do without their razor-sharp political advice.
Nothing would change, GlennW. Libtards would continue to blame Boosh, using that event to sing peace even louder.
“And they would cry, ‘Peace, peace’ when there is no peace’
Just a question to get my fellow MM bloggers to think… In Phoenix, over the weekend, many of our citizens from INDIA, held candlelight vigils for the citizens in MUMBAI… They were accompanied by many local citizens… Now the POSER… How many vigils were held in MOSQUES around the country, and world??? Perhaps in SAUDI ARABIA, or LONDON, maybe DETROIT, in CHICAGO, absolutely in ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN for sure???
If Tinseltown continues to annoy much of its viewing audience, sooner or later the world entertainment stage will be dominated by Bollywood and Chinese sword flicks.
Fine with me.
I’d be happy if we could just strike down Hollywood liberals with an iron hand.
I’d be happy if we could just strike down Hollywood liberals with an iron hand.
Does this actress also support stopping Hindu terrorists killing Christians in India? Just curious.
the sinner,
Charles
Ciserokid
I was speaking metaphorically of course, but I will explain further.
Besides Britons, who are the other major players in the war on terror?
Small countries are helping but the major countries are content to let the US do all the heavy lifting.
The UK’s laws are enabling terrorism to flourish on one hand while fighting it on the other.
Over half the passages in the Koran refer to waging jihad against the non believers or establish Islam as the only legitimate Religion and political system.
With the continuous education and financing efforts by Muslims that promote this idea the rest of the world including half our own citizens do have their heads somewhere where they shouldn’t be!
They act like this is an imagined problem!
Look at the NATO effort in Afghanistan, it is a joke and it sends the message to the extremists that most of the world is weak and unwilling to fight them.
When the rest of the world makes the commitment to become strong against them also than you can say they have pulled their heads out of the sand or whereever!
Kudos to your brother-in-law and thank him!
On December 1st, 2008 at 12:30 pm, greenfairie said:
If Tinseltown continues to annoy much of its viewing audience, sooner or later the world entertainment stage will be dominated by Bollywood and Chinese sword flicks.
Fine with me.
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The free market – it’s a beautiful thing.
The Dixie Chicks give me hope…that there are consequences for celebrity idiots.
Shabana Azmi had you fooled. She’s in fact a part of the Rosie O’Donnell crowd of Bollywood. Notice how she talks about “peace and communal harmony” first before talking about action against terrorism?