Taliban destroying statues of buddha in Pakistan

What do you think of this? Hope that musharaf can drive them away from pakistan.

 

I thought that was a despicable act and im sure the buddhists didnt retaliate by putting a death wish on anyone. I have always respected the buddhist religion for their stance on non violence and peace. That day was etched in my heart forever. It was a sad day for all religions and the right of any human to practice their faith.

 

It's Afghanistan all over again..

They did the same thing in Afghanistan few years back. It will be a huge blow to the peace in entire south Asian region if Pakistan falls in the hands of extremists..

 

Right, nothing new here. The Taliban is frightened of its own shadow. Its faith is so weak that it must destroy everything as everything is a boogie man. Afraid of women, statuary, music, whatever. Frightened little boys, with big guns, unfortunately.

 

Musharraf is not capable of doing this. I doubt no Pakistani leader will be..

The Pakistani Army, although very professional, is reluctant to fight against these Radical Islamic operatives. We have seen them surrender against terrorists. And without a proper military operation (Somewhat brutal) its hard to get rid of them..

 

There are two options either musharaff overpowers taliban or taliban overthrows Musharaff, and they get hold of nuke and hold the world for ransom, I do not know why bush is waiting so long and not doing anything to prevent such stuff to happen.

 

LOL! You talk like Bush is some kind of a savior to the people. He's a pyromaniac with a special taste for annihilating entire populations. And you know what, even that is an understatement! I don't know if he's a puppet of the NWO or whatever but he's definitely bad for our health as a planet.

And getting back to the original topic, Buddhism (as I practice it) doesn't depend on stone statues for its existence. It's a regrettable act yes, but the Buddhist faith will remain undeterred no matter what.

Peace

 

I agree. But the destruction of these treasures is a loss to the world, nevertheless. Much like the idiot non-com in Napoleon's army plinking the nose of the Phoenix, these antiquaries cannot be replaced.

 

History revisited, Pakistani dictators are lovechild of American leadership, partly because of Indian relations with USSR/Russia. So I do not expect America to do anything until the very last moment.

However, according to 'The Washington Post', Us has developed contingency plans to safeguard Pakistani nukes if the risk falling into the wrong hands.

But the only problem with plan is that, US officials have very limited knowledge about the location of arsenal.

As an ex-official said, If an attempt were made by the US to seize the weapons to prevent their loss, "It could be very messy".

 

In case of a failed Pakistan , India too should have a contingency plan in place , as it is India who is going to be effected the most , being in close geographical proximity. I least expect them to even given a thought to it...

 

The story is below , just in case there is confusion with the famous destruction of the Buddhas in Afghanistan , it seems it has not got much play in the Western press maybe a minor incident to most, compared to loss of human life and so on.
The local warlords ( they are just localized rabble under the Umbrella of 'religion') do not truly represent any religion , they could have just as easily been Nazi's or Communists (in their world domination mode) or under any imperialist and jackbooting ideology The destruction or partial destruction of Religious symbols ( sometimes even for ignorant target practice) has a long history in conflicts. It does appear that Pakistani's chief can't or won't move on these characters

Times of India

 

The article isn't coming up for me. However, your link is entitled "Another_Bamiyan-style_
vandalism_in_Pakistan." Since the Bamiyan vandalism was, indeed, the Taliban morons doing their fraidy-cat thing in Afghanistan, it seems the article does compare the two acts, no?

Edited to add: The article did come up on my second attempt. I'd say that since it was the Taliban doing this, and since "Idol destroying" is a big part of Taliban theology, I can't say this was merely warlords having a field day.

 

I have tried to fix the link

the gist of it :

"Taliban rebels have carried out a second attack on a historic 40-metre tall Buddha statue in the Swat valley, destroying the head, shoulders and feet. The rebels have threatened a third and final attack on the statue to reduce it to rubble"

You may have missed my point here, I compared the tribal Taliban to warlords found in many countries , many just secular - as in Africa , the particular ideology can change , the action and motives the same - power or control in one form or another. A note in other times and places it has been Christian - as in the Spanish conquest of Southern America --

 

Sorry, I did miss your point. Interesting notion and food for thought, thanks.

 

Who trained the taliban anyway. Opps our government did back in the 80's shhhh.

 

So are you banging your head on walls?

 

Did they train them to blow up other religious symbols, statues & to be intolerant pigs? or was it for another reason?

 

we did the same thing as they do now
we used their religion to motivate and organize them to fight the soviets
now they use the same to fight us.nothing is changed for them

 

Yea it's a shame because before the USA was involved with these freaks they were more peaceful that buddists

 

poor people of afganistan


in case you do not want to remember.
they were bombed to middle ages by the soviets first(10 years).then attacked by the criminals that we and our friend released there to fight the soviets(10 years) and finally we bombed them again to kill al qada.
and now people complain why these people act like this
maybe because they have been bombed to the middle ages.