As we celebrate Thanksgiving today,India mourns the loss of many,many human lives.
There has been an escalation in violent terroristic acts there,though none as bad as what's going on there today.
I sometimes wonder...... why India?
Is it because India is an ally of the US? Or because India is enemies with Pakistan?
Pakistan has said(warned) that India should not lay the blame on them. When I heard that on NPR,I huffed and puffed a lot(mainly because there is not much else I can do about it). I find it hard to believe that there is no connection there.
I have had calls from friends all day,wondering how my family is doing and even though they dont live close to Mumbai,it is still a tragedy. A senseless waste of human lives.
It was reported that they have arrested some of them and my husband was asking me if they would be subject to trial like the court system here.We dont have a jury system in India but yes they will be tried in court and heres where I have a problem with it....it will take a very long time to mete out justice.I believe in a speedy trial and off they go to meet their maker.
My husband also asked me why the Taj and Oberoi hotels were targeted.These hotels are usually frequented by the rich tourists and heads of companies .The cheapest rooms at the Oberoi cost on average $430.00 to $3000.00 for a suite.Those people knew exactly who they were targetting.
Someone asked me why the airports were not targeted. I traveled home this year and I have to say that the Indian security check at the airport was the strictest and most thorough of all the airports I have travelled through. There were about 6 checks before you get on the flight. 2 of them were by police men(women) actually patting you down.Its hard to get on a flight in India with anything that is even remotely suspect.
It was a sad heartwrenching moment to watch the hotel burning and I just wish this violence would all end
11 comments:
let us as americans stand with indians in their mourning. and encourage her in the fight against forces bent on destroying freedom!!.. happy thanksgivin' poo!!
FrasyPoo,
Thought about you and your family when we saw the Mumbai news. Tragic!!
I also thought about my dear friend whose seminary is in Kerala -- and another good friend who ministers to former Muslim, now Christian Indians in NW India.
I'm praying for them, you and yours..
In Christ eternally,
ExP(Jack)
This is such a tragic event. I am sorry for all the human loss. The innocent suffering.
It breaks my heart.
I hope that all of your family are safe and that the guilty suffer for this.
take care,
suz
This IS truly horrific Frasypoo.
Such sad, sad news.
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sorry but the RoP wont stop Frass..but Happy Thanksgiving and keep fightin the good fight my friend !! :-)
With the disaster going on in India today and yesterday I was thinking of you.
I hope that your family is safe and sound and that they get and kill these killers FAST
What Bob said goes for me as well.
frasy - thought of you immediately when i heard this on the news. nasty stuff. we can only pray that all ends well in things like this....
hope you guys had a good thanksgiving in spite of all the news about mumbai...
ps - (with apologies) you've been tagged. see my blog for details.
I hope that your family is safe.
This horrendous thing must be revenged.
Pat is right to suggest standing by India in both mourning and resistance to the scourge that is Islamic Terrorism. But this recent attack brings us all including India, into the fold. It calls for, and characterizes a classic merger of internal Indian conflicts with the global war on terror and a formal notice of contest to the American president-elect, Barack Obama ...
My heart aches for all that has happened there...truly!
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