Sarah Palin is voting for the democrats

After so much of Obama baiting in her campaigns, Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential candidate has finally given up on her party. She has now openly expressed her support for the Democratic ticket represented by Barrack Obama. Here’s how she expressed her support:

Apparently Palin does not know that the donkey is the symbol of the Democratic party. By wearing this neck scarf she has thus publicly pledged her support for Obama.

The Obama campaign must be thanking their stars. Not often do you get the rival vice-presidential candidate to endorse you publicly, do you?

Image source: http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/10/21/in-which-sarah-palin-displays-the-latest-in-donkey-fashion.aspx

USA wants to help terrorists

With the economy in shambles, costs mounting and the Iraq situation nowhere near to being over, the US is in an unprecedented situation. People in the country are being forced to cough up more money to live their lives. Jobs are hard to come by with unemployment reaching new highs.

But in spite of this the current Bush administration wants to help its dear darling friend Pakistan. Pakistan is the state that offers refuge to some of the world’s most dangerous terrorists like Bin Laden. Pakistan is a country that allows dangerous underworld gang leaders like Dawood Ibrahim to stay within its boundaries and lies to the world about them. Pakistan is a country that maintains training camps for dreaded terrorists. Pakistan is the country that is thwarting US advances to capture and wipe out the Al Qaeda. Despite damning evidence, the US government still wants to help Pakistan.

This time the US government wants to help Pakistan upgrade its F-16 fleet. The premise is that it would help in the fight against terror in the borders of Afghanistan. The total cost of the upgrade is $891 million. Of this Pakistan would be paying $414 and the rest would be bourne by the US. Thats more than half the amount!!! Reportedly already around $200 million has been arranged by the US and for rest its waiting on the congress. Can US afford to do this? Shouldn’t the US invest this money into its economy?

Even after providing Pakistan with financial and millitary help through the years what has Pakistan given back? Has it helped in curbing terrorism? No. Has it helped the US in capturing the Al Qaeda? No. Has it handed over the dangerous fugitives that it harbours to the countries requesting extradition? No. So why then does the US want to help Pakistan? What is in it for the US?

Of course the money that Pakistan gets from US is used more for funding terrorism than for any other purpose. So indirectly US is actually helping the terrorists in Pakistan and terrorism on the whole.

Justification for political assassinations

Throughout the history of mankind, there have been numerous occasions when the population of a state or country has bayed for the bloods of its leaders. Sometimes they did have reasons to do so though most of the time it was a sway of emotion that caused such outbursts.

George Bush Jr has caused hundreds of American soldiers to be killed for his foolish experiment in Iraq. There is genocide happening in Darfur. Mamata Banerjee in India has caused thousands to lose their land and living leaving them on the verge of suicide.

When a leader destroys the prospect of hundreds or thousands of people, should he or she be killed?

Are political assassinations ever justified?

Tell me in your comments.