when it comes to the response of the cartoons, its just a way to blame others against all their problems. as someone who has muslim friends, i know everyone is not like this. these pictures were used to start a flurry of hate that was just breeding and festering within the muslim community. the violent protests were clearly illogical. and then iran's response is even more priceless.
a bit off topic but this "blaming others" even for the dumbest crap thing is what is very common in the middle east. this is the opinion of one muslim (probably from pakistan) about what the earthquakes in Pakistan.
"We all know that earthquakes are caused by shock waves rippling through unstable formations of massive gigaton rocks and tektonic plates on the earth's crust in "fault zones" where these plates are rubbing up against each other closely. It starts a chain reaction that ends in huge vibrations and shakings for miles, hundreds of miles around the epicenter where it started.
But did you realize that the process can be STARTED by a massive explosion? Either dynamite, or intersecting sound waves ie shock waves of immense power, or a specially created tactical nuke. In fact it woudlnt be that hard for a special forces crew to bury a micronuke or a few of them in a strategicly chosen spot in the himalayas, leave the area after setting a timer and voila...8.5 richter earthquake on demand.
But who would do such a thing? Well..who benefits in the short and long term? To answer that lets look at the results it had. Azad kashmir was depopulated somewhat. The paki govt lost a lot of money and couldnt buy shiny weapons that were about to be delivered very soon. The CIA had the means and the tools, but why would they do it? No short term benefit at this time. Maybe if they did it around Tehran it might make sense but not Kashmir. Russia has the tools but damn...if they did it 15 years ago it woulda made sense but maybe this could be a late act of revenge? Uhmm I dunno. Mossad has the tools and the will but why would they care about the back woods of central asia? Raw? Hmmm? RAW! This thins down the azad kashmiris and might even encourage a revolt from that area against the federal pakistan govt. Also it puts a big dent in the paki govt budget, diverting funds from defence purchases. Does raw have the tools? Yeah of course...and its nearby as well."
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