Recent floods in Pakistan proves that whole world is sick of Pakistan

As the headline says recent floods in Pakistan have proved that whole world is sick of them and want Pakistan to suffer then helping the poor and destroyed by flood people in Pakistan.

With money hungry leaders, government, army and other Muslim countries keeping quiet when it comes to donation and helping their own brothers and sisters.

It seems like every one now know that what the Pakistan government is going to do with all the aid money and funds…….Build more bombs and breed more terrorists and terror around the world and against India.

Below are the comments from the people around the globe about the situation:

No wonder no-one wants to know when Pakistan turns a blind eye to the terrorism emanating from the country

- Mullarkian, York, 17/8/2010 14:37

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Very sad. But 1/ this country’s leaders are some of the most corrupt around and they have squandered millions instead of helping their own people. 2/ Where are the Muslim countries when their own need help. Hmm very quiet. But why has this government never learnt from the past? Sorry but I have limited sympathy for Pakistan, they fate is in their own hands. Rains are nothing new. Maybe their government should be focussing on the important things in their country and forget the Bomb!!

- George, Shanghai, 17/8/2010 14:21

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perhaps the international population are reluctant to donate money to a country that breeds and harbours terrorists. it is about time that Politicians in the west stop financing and appeasing countries who do not give a care about non-muslims. Tell them to stop financing nuclear bombs and use the money instead to build a better environment for themselves without the help of suckers in the UK and US

- not a racist, stirlingshire, 17/8/2010 14:19

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Oh dear. Use some of the money being used for the phoney war in Afghanistan and bring all our soldiers home. Red arrows folks!

- Union Jack, Staffs, 17/8/2010 14:17

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It is a calamity. But the problem is that Pakistani leadership always seem not to be able to talk without the begging bowl out. This happened during the Musharaf years, as well as with the current government.

As other viewers have asked – where is the BILLIONS in aid being given going? They seem to have enough money to build and upgrade their nukes, how come they do not have the resources to provide aid and shelter to heir own kith and kin?

- sapper, Ridgefield, CT, USA, 17/8/2010 14:07

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I wonder to what extent overseas generosity is affected by the uncertainty whether money, or in kind aid, will end up in the pockets of corrupt politicians and powerful land owners. Transparency International does, after all rate Pakistan as one of the most corrupt countries on the planet

- mel, Not in the UK, 17/8/2010 14:04

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Annie Kate		August 2nd, 2010 3:53 pm ET The pictures of the Pakistan flood are a tremendous witness to the suffering resulting from this act of nature. Another country that is also suffering but from record heat and the fires it has created in the forests and the peat bogs as well as killing a substantial portion of their wheat crop is Russia. It seems that this year nature has been particularly hard on the residents of its planet from earthquakes to wildfires to flooding to hurricanes, etc. Thank you for showing the pictures from Pakistan.
me		August 2nd, 2010 4:12 pm ET Speechless,smthing really has to give with the climatic changes affecting the earth as a result of our destructive;all consumin nature.We mustn’t b cavaliar bout the butterfly.I feel 4 the families out in z cold.
Soni		August 2nd, 2010 4:34 pm ET Such a sad news. Hope relief agencies reach their on time.
Yasir Imran		August 2nd, 2010 4:56 pm ET It was very sad, International community should donate funds to help the victims.
Muriel		August 2nd, 2010 7:13 pm ET This is happing all over the world now. We had it in the United States 6 years ago, now the other portion of the world is getting it. Good report Anderson as always.
rachel berndt		August 5th, 2010 12:01 am ET I am seriously praying for Pakistan. Pakistan: the only Holy God of Israel LOVES you. We are praying for you in God’s Holy Power and Love. http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/02/gallery-pakistan-floods-kill-over-1000/ Anon: Simpler way, Pakistan cuts back on the corruption, stealing, and money to the Taliban and diverts it for a couple weeks to helping their own citizens. Posted by Anon | August 12, 2010 5:21 AM Jason Thomas: Sorry but didnt the US just authorise USD7.5b to Pakistan over the next five years? This is on top of the USD10b that was given to Pakistan during the Bush Administration. Posted by Jason Thomas | August 12, 2010 6:30 AM Anon part 2: nice comments guys.. really… lets stop to think for a second that it was the U.S that forced pakistan to help them with this b.s “war on terror” aka as war supported by the brain washed people who do not know what their country is really fighting for. since pakistan is helping the u.s by assigning troops to the norther part of pakistan to fight the taliban, the people of pakistan do no trust their government and now pakistan has more than 30 terrorist groups. So it is definetely up to you the u.s to help out pakistan because they need pakistan to be one of their many puppet countries. How about we all blame our problems on “terrorist and taliban” Posted by Anon part 2 | August 13, 2010 4:09 PM anon part 4: money does not seem to work to make pakistan to be a puppet. money cannot even make pakistan stop supporting jihadi group that are attacking us. so go figure Posted by anon part 4 | August 16, 2010 6:34 PM http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/2010/08/pakistan-floods-how-to-help/ This comment has been removed by a moderator. Replies may also be deleted. <!– (3819077) –> homohumanitarian 2 Aug 2010, 12:33PM Is it the same country that brags about being “the only nuclear-weapons power in the Muslim world” and wants to liberate Kashmir and turn it into another province of the Islamic Republic? All it takes to ruin a nuclear power like Pakistan is a heavy monsoon. And now these displaced, flood-hit people will be turned into an advertisement for humanitarian appeals most of which will be gobbled up by local civil and military bureaucratic elite in cahoots with the aid agencies. Recommend? (12) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (3333983) –> dumbperson 2 Aug 2010, 12:33PM what should be done to assist this problem area of the country? Should we set up a new direct charity appeal ! as it is a sensitive araea? Recommend? (0) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (2864239) –> TiredOfInaction 2 Aug 2010, 12:44PM Oh dear God where has our haunmanity gone !!!! Recommend? (5) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (2755406) –> Jonno52 2 Aug 2010, 12:52PM Some of these comments are just depressing. There are people suffering & dying – can’t cynicism & political point-scoring be put aside for a minute? There are plenty of regular opportunities in other threads to get stuck into Pakistan, Islam etc etc. Recommend? (15) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (4243337) –> mrfox2010 2 Aug 2010, 12:56PM poor people my heart goes out to them. I hope they recieve the necessary help. Recommend? (8) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (3819077) –> homohumanitarian 2 Aug 2010, 1:01PM TiredOfInaction 2 Aug 2010, 12:44PM Oh dear God where has our haunmanity gone !!!! What is happening in Pakistan is truly tragic. The people you see in these pictures of devastation are proud and strong people whose homes and lands have been inundated. On the other hand, the country’s rulers, mainly the army over the last six decades, have been obsessed with building military muscle and deluding themselves with illusions of grandeur when most towns and villages do no have even a rudimentary sewage system, water management or disaster preparedness plan. The country’s elite has had its priorities wrong and the people are suffering. Please don’t take it as a sign of lack of humanity when the criminal negligence and indifference of Pakistani ruling classes towards their people are being highlighted here. Recommend? (13) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (3819077) –> homohumanitarian 2 Aug 2010, 1:10PM Jonno52 2 Aug 2010, 12:52PM There are plenty of regular opportunities in other threads to get stuck into Pakistan, Islam etc etc. Let me ask you a question: Why is Islamabad safe from these floods and Pindi and most of the rest of north-western Pakistan is being devastated? Look at the rootcause of the problem. The rain is not the problem; the problem is the misplaced priorities of those who have been running the country. If they had spent a fraction of the defence budget on development, probably the floods could have been managed better. Recommend? (9) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (2597980) –> andrewfisk 2 Aug 2010, 1:23PM Those poor poor people. Imagine if you will losing over a thousand people in your area. Imagine having to live in circumstances that pit you between a religious state that is under pressure from militant islam and on the other side the Taliban threatening your existence. It is a national tragedy. Recommend? (7) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (2541787) –> seesense 2 Aug 2010, 1:23PM Mr Homo, I dont think Pakistan has anything much to brag about at the moment except for its long term suffering people who endure disaster after disaster with determination and endurance. Recommend? (6) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (2395917) –> AirStavros 2 Aug 2010, 1:24PM The British Ambassador has been summoned by the Pakistani authorities to explain David Cameron’s comments last week aboutboth that country’s inability or otherwise to reduce the incidents of terrorism as well as a ‘blind eye’ to Taliban influence and their influence on some of those in the intelligence agencies. Maybe he will be summoned again later this week to explain exactly how Britain will be helping with the flood disaster. Do you know what? I’ve been a Guardian reader since 1975 and after all that time I’m running out of compassion. Why did I start reading the Guardian? Because I admired the stand it took on the persecution of Ali Bhutto, later hanged by Zia Al Haq. Recommend? (7) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (3819077) –> homohumanitarian 2 Aug 2010, 1:28PM As someone who has lived most of his life in Pakistan and now deeply worried about the safety of his friends and their families, let me tell you that people there are angry. They hate being turned into beggars overnight through no fault of their own. Why were there no flood warnings? No pre-flood evacuations? No system in place to tackle the floods? No capacity to deal with the aftermath? There are so many unanswered questions and there thousands of angry people. And this is not the first time such a disaster has struck Pakistan. The October 2005 earthquake had caused a similar situation, yet no one seems to have learnt any lessons. Why? Because those who control the resources and receive billions of dollars in western aid (yes, billions since 9/11 alone) are more interested in and preoccupied with high strategic matters of liberating Kashmir, gaining strategic depth in Afghanistan and earning bragging rights for their nuclear weapons. There is a clear link between the high politics of that country and recurrent humanitarian crises. I’m deeply aggrieved and it’s a personal tragedy in many ways, but we cannot ignore questions of negligence and apathy on the part of the country’s civil-military elite. Recommend? (15) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (1418769) –> guthier 2 Aug 2010, 1:39PM “Because those who control the resources and receive billions of dollars in western aid are more interested in and preoccupied with high strategic matters …” Sounds like a day in the office. Recommend? (1) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (4185614) –> uffff 2 Aug 2010, 1:57PM This is not about the Pakistani government’s “priorities” being all wrong. The govt.. just doesn’t give a rat’s ass about the people of the country. Simple. We have governors and ministers here whining about how they need a new Mercedes Benz or an SUV, while our dashing President is off to London despite the Pakistanis begging him to spare a modicum of self respect. It’s no wonder that whenever the country is struck by tragedy, man made or other the govt. is always just as ineffectual. Pakistan is fast becoming or perhaps already is the failed state it is touted as being. Yes, Pakistan has become that porous and hollowed out that all it would take to knock it off would be a week of heavy rain. The Pakistani leadership over the years has made a mockery of itself and of its people. Recommend? (2) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (2834677) –> mcyigra3 2 Aug 2010, 1:59PM This comment has been removed by a moderator. Replies may also be deleted. <!– (4168661) –> JoeDM 2 Aug 2010, 2:29PM Should we provide aid to a country that appears to be supporting the Taliban killing our troops? Recommend? (3) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (4223302) –> Kat42 2 Aug 2010, 2:44PM The people of Pakistan deserve our help and compassion as do the poor and powerless of all countries including Britain. It is not they who seek and pursue wars but their corrupt arrogant leaders. If the day comes when people only qualify for compassion if their nationality, religion and politics are judged acceptable, the human race will die and deserve to do so. Recommend? (5) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (2597980) –> andrewfisk 2 Aug 2010, 2:48PM @JoeDM Should we provide aid to a country that appears to be supporting the Taliban killing our troops? Should we be bombed for habouring tmass murderers like Pinochet or bombing Iraq and Afghanistan back into the stone age? I think the people do deserve our help. Recommend? (4) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (2864239) –> TiredOfInaction 2 Aug 2010, 3:08PM homohumanitarian I understand what you’re saying but should that stop us helping out the actual people that are dying? I dunno I prefer to let the aid agencies and people with experience in this deal with that side of it whilst I put my hand in my pocket to help those that need it. If I could I’d be out there now physically helping out however I could. This world has forgotten what it means to be human. The amount of factions, religions, beliefs, politics, greed, race, gender issues have truly removed our humanity. Where’s the caring gone? Are we really that apathetic now Recommend? (4) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (3819077) –> homohumanitarian 2 Aug 2010, 3:26PM uffff 2 Aug 2010, 1:57PM This is not about the Pakistani government’s “priorities” being all wrong. The govt.. just doesn’t give a rat’s ass about the people of the country. Simple I agree. But who and what consitute the government of Pakistan? Look at the country’s history and you’ll get the answer: civilian governments are a mere fig leaf for military (read, army) rule. Calamities occur all over the world and are a natural phenomenon. But the response in Pakistan is always marked by an astonishing degree of unpreparedness, apathy and chaos. How much money goes into buying weapons and strengthening Pakistan’s military sinew is directly related to how little goes into civilian organisations responsible for disaster management. Clearly a matter of priorities. TiredOfInaction 2 Aug 2010, 3:08PM homohumanitarian I understand what you’re saying but should that stop us helping out the actual people that are dying? Not at all. But we should also hold the Pakistani civil-military elite accountable for its actions, or lack thereof. The response to these floods was slow and delayed. India is experiencing a similarly unprecedented monsoon, but can you give me the figures for those killed and displaced there (insignificant as compared to Pakistan’s, I speculate, and believe me I’m not an Indian—I would have been one were it not for the 1947 partition). Recommend? (2) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (3819077) –> homohumanitarian 2 Aug 2010, 3:34PM mcyigra3 2 Aug 2010, 1:59PM This is a natural disaster nothing to do with the War. I beg to disagree. The worst hit areas (Malakand, Swat, much of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province) are also the main theatre of the war (on terrorism) in Pakistan. For years these people have been at the receiving end of the Taliban tyranny and attacks as well as Pakistan military’s operations and now hit by a deluge. Again, compare how much of the American, western and Pakistani financial and human resources have been spent there in the bid to counter the Taliban with the money spent on civic delopment, and you’ll realise why the mainly Pashtun people of these areas continue to suffer from violence—both man-made and natural. Recommend? (2) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (4241709) –> PeaceVSdirtyGames 2 Aug 2010, 3:39PM For all the insane and morally dead people trying to make jokes on human tragedy. Remember natural disasters happens everywhere , the worst disasters in the history happened to most powerful nations and totally wiped them out. It can happen anywhere and we should think beyond politics and help the poor people who has nothing to do with politics they are merely striving to live a hand to mouth live and working day and night to feed their kids and now have lost everything. Yes Pakistan doesn’t have the resources to cop this disaster . Remember when same kind of disasters happened to mighty powers of the world there were people killed and homeless even worst they started looting each other .Also remember whenever there is a disaster in the world no matter where Pakistan is one of the very first nations to respond. Whether its the Tsunami , haiti earth quake or other disasters, Pakistani doctors, relief workers, and government aid gets there fast and help people. After every disaster no matter what part of the world or what religion ,there are always immediate fund raising telethons for several days on TV and millions of people call in express their sadness and contribute millions of dollars, which is sent to those nations. Even when there rival India is hit with Tsunami there were TV Telethons for several days in Pakistan , inviting celebrates from Pakistan and India and millions of people contributed for their fellow common indian humans. beyond religion and politics. Common Pakistani people should be proud for being so resilient, generous, innocent, struggling and good at heart , who are ready to help anyone , any religion any nation and ready to sacrifice whatever little they got for their survival. that makes them the most unique nation. I agree that the extremist organizations will be the first to try and get to these people and help them on ground to get there sympathies. But I am confident in these extremely innocent and honest and hardworking people that they will refuse their help as they have been doing in the past during earthquake and other disasters. I salute to the honest and bravery of these innocent people and these little kids , who are dying in this disaster with hunger but nobody is steeling and robbing others. God help those who help themselves . Government of Pakistan is useless, world community is too politicized and Consciousness. Media is in the hand of hate mongers , only knows point scoring and creating sensation out of disasters to sell their time. Hope good people will wake up one day and think “Out of Media” , propaganda machines, and politics. God bless humanity. Recommend? (5) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (4220602) –> NoNukesPlease 2 Aug 2010, 3:49PM I really hope that lessons can be learned here and we have a better response to future disasters. Firstly, tree cover, is it a factor? Secondly, building regulations, are there any, do we need more? We should all give all we can to help alleviate the suffering, but we should also be looking at cause and effect. Recommend? (2) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (3345467) –> Pointman 2 Aug 2010, 3:57PM I don’t mean to be callous, but I think this is a great opportunity for the West. We should provide as much aid as is required, clearly marked as originating from Britain/America, etc, to show that we are not the enemy, that we are not out to kill Muslims and that we can be good global neighbours, Providing aid in such a situation is not only the right thing to do from a moral perspective, but also an opportunity to display our good intentions. Recommend? (1) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (1251241) –> Novelist 2 Aug 2010, 4:09PM Having just been through flooding as bad as that shown, it was sad to see the apparent inability of all those people shown in the video, the one where people were hanging on to posts, to help themselves. One would think that one person with a rope could get across and secure it, to make a rope guide. If this lack of direction is repeated country wide then heaven help them. Recommend? (0) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (4241709) –> PeaceVSdirtyGames 2 Aug 2010, 4:12PM The people who are trying to influence other people(due to political reasons) not to help these humans in disaster. And trying to make a fake point that money will get to wrong hands. These people should understand that they could be indirectly responsible for the death thousands of children and innocent people, due to lack of rapid aid. Because their efforts may block the aid that would have been going to these people to enable them to sustain their life. For those people who may be influenced and get double minded by the comments of some hate mongers. Remember it might be bad if your Aid end up in wrong hands, but it will be Worst and so cruel if someone dies because you didn’t do your duty to humanity due to some political influence and some dies due to lack of your prompt help. No matter what religion you belong to, it depends on your intention. If the money you sent with the intention to help poor , even if it ends up in the hands of corrupt government. You still performed your duty because your intention was right. But if your didn’t send Aid and let the people die , that wrong. Feel yourself in the sufferings these people are going through. Trust in God , be generous and help these people. God will get it to them. Recommend? (3) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (3345467) –> Pointman 2 Aug 2010, 4:22PM While I don’t agree with PeaceVSdirtyGames on the religious aspect, I agree with the seniment – in a situation like this, where the choice is between trying to help people and doing nothing at all, there is no choice. If others choose to divert aid to their own ends, they should be damned, Of course, it goes without saying that every effort should be made to ensure transparency. Recommend? (1) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (2827551) –> vakibs 2 Aug 2010, 4:26PM homohumanitarian These floods are really sad. But let’s not talk about politics and concentrate our best in aiding those people in need. Disaster can strike anyone. Remember how ill-prepared US was when the hurricane Katrina struck Lousiana. This is outrageous, but almost expected of our incompetent governments. Recommend? (3) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (3819077) –> homohumanitarian 2 Aug 2010, 4:59PM vakibs 2 Aug 2010, 4:26PM These floods are really sad. But let’s not talk about politics and concentrate our best in aiding those people in need. OK. Consider this: On average, Islamabad gets more rain than most other regions of Pakistan. There’s been more rain in Islamabad this season (probably, I don’t have the stats at the moment) than the worst affected areas. How many people killed and displaced in Islamabad? Only a few, perhaps, and that too in the well-hidden shanty towns. Why? Because Islamabad does have a rain-management system, the water flows into the sewers and down into Nullah Leh (which hurts Rawalpindi and other adjoining areas). Why is there such a glaring lack of Islamabad-like planning even in the major cities and riverside town and villages in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (formerly North-western Frontier Province)? Sorry, but it reminds me of politics, equitable allocation of resources, lopsided spending for the abode of the military-civil bureaucrats etc. And, yes, those in need ought to be given full support and assistance but the primary and immediate responsibility of providing that aid lies with the local authorities in Pakistan who, we’ve seen in numerous similar situations in the past, remain ill-prepared and lack the required resources which are spent on…. “…authorities said 43 military helicopters and 100 boats had been deployed to try to save them.” Look at the number of people trapped in the floods and rendered homeless and then assess the response days after the floods first struck, and then compare it with the number of helicopters and personnel deployed to ward off the (nonexistent at the moment) Indian threat. I rest my case. Recommend? (3) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (4241709) –> PeaceVSdirtyGames 2 Aug 2010, 5:12PM The regions affected by the flood are same regions and people who are being continuously attacked by terrorists/taliban and suicide bombers. Besides AID government of Pakistan should also make sure the security of these poor people. There should be a strict warning from Government of Pakistan that any further suicide attack in these areas will have deadly consequences , and the army will respond with whatever weapons it has on its disposal, chemical, biological etc. That way at least there will be some halt in terrorist attacks on people , government officials and army itself to carry on the relief work effectively, with lesser fear of suicide/terrorist attacks. Recommend? (0) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (4241709) –> PeaceVSdirtyGames 2 Aug 2010, 5:21PM homohumanitarian , I am not sure what you are trying to achieve. By saying why the disaster is not happening in Islamabad. Since it did not happen in Islamabad , so its government fault and no aid should be provided to these poor people. It’s like saying when the disaster in Lousiana or hamachalperdesh , why not in DC or Delhi. That doesn’t make any sense. Disaster anywhere is sad and tragic.When there was earthquake in Islamabad, it was not happening in these regions. This is a huge flood which couldn’t be completely avoided by any government. I am sorry to say either you are yourself confused or trying to confuse others. Recommend? (0) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (3819077) –> homohumanitarian 2 Aug 2010, 6:14PM PeaceVSdirtyGames 2 Aug 2010, 5:12PM There should be a strict warning from Government of Pakistan that any further suicide attack in these areas will have deadly consequences , and the army will respond with whatever weapons it has on its disposal, chemical, biological etc. Are you stupid or what? Recommend? (0) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (4241709) –> PeaceVSdirtyGames 2 Aug 2010, 7:34PM homohumanitarian , My comments says warning (Just warning , not to actually perform it). I should have further elaborate it to avoid any such idiotic interpretations. The point I am trying to make is that these people are being continuously attacked and killed by terrorists/taliban/suicide bombers, merely for not joining them against their so called war against occupational forces. Thousands of innocent people has been killed throughout Pakistan due to these attacks. And the government is so inept to protect these people. On the worst note these people are also victim of collateral damage from Pak army and nato operations against terrorists. Some thing should be done intelligently to protect the peaceful masses of Pakistan from this collateral . They can not fight against anybody , they are fighting the war of their day to day survival. They need some sort of relief. If the International community doesn’t act in timely manner , than this population will be depleted promptly. The ratio of innocent people’s loss compared to terrorist loss is too high. Maybe its 95% to 5% ratio. Thousands of these people has been devastated and their livings has been destroyed, since the start of war in Afghanistan 80′s. This is the time for Intelligent community of the world to come forward and advise the Nato forces and Pakistan government the correct and intelligent ways to fight this war. Just criticizing them wouldn’t resolve the problem , because they don’t have the capacity and wisdom to resolve this issue. And scared to admit it. Recommend? (0) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (4244023) –> bilalelsakka 2 Aug 2010, 8:31PM THIS WEBSITE IS AWESOME. IF YOU WANT TO DONATE TO HELP THE LOCALS IN PAKISTAN. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED THEN VISIT: http://www.hidaya.org/social-welfare/disaster-relief/-pakistan-floods-2010 Recommend? (0) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (3571729) –> Mauryan 2 Aug 2010, 8:41PM This is no time to talk about geo-politics. The poor people are struggling for their lives. Geo-politics is not their priority right now. This is really tragic. I’d like to see Indian government offer aid in any which way to help these people. Recommend? (2) Report abuse Clip | Link <!– (1130370) –> postsituationist 2 Aug 2010, 10:33PM Mauryan 2 Aug 2010, 8:41PM This is no time to talk about geo-politics. More than geopolitics, I think, it is Pakistan’s internal politics—bloody, dispensable civilians (come flood, suicide attacks or American drones) helpless against a military-dominated state and society—that is more to the point in this context. People need help and we should do all we can to provide it–whether it’s a small cheque or some clothes cast aside. However, I do not trust either the bloody civilian politicians of Pakistan nor, more crucially, the generals running the relief show (and everything else worth a dime) to empathise with the flood-affected population. From the Afghan refugees in the 1980s and 90s to those internally displaced due to the post-9/11 conflict from the tribal areas, the powers-that-be in Pakistan exploit both the international humanitarian sentiment and the misery of their own people to enrich themselves. You cannot delink the domestic politics of Pakistan from its inability to adequately respond to emergencies like this one. http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/blog/2010/aug/02/pakistan-floods-live-updates are 5 comments on this post TGRWorzel 13 August 2010 at 5:31 pm Yup, I’m very angry. Angry that at a time when the UK is in the midst of unprecedented cuts in public services and we’re expected to work longer for less pension, but have to struggle to provide for our own futures because there’s no full-time work available these days, only a part-time job if you are lucky, once again we’re being expected to bail out and subsidise another corner of the world, as though we’re a bottomless pit… Let Pakistan’s neighbours help. India is a rich country these days, isn’t it? It’s where all our work went… I’m also tired of seeing reporters laying it on thick, clearly trying to win an award for their reports. Particularly on the BBC… Permalink Reply Report margaret brandreth- jones 13 August 2010 at 6:01 pm The Indus is full , people have died and will continue to die from associated disease and post trauma infection for a long time to come. Water is the most powerful element on earth, the strength of it , the lack of it, the volumes and masses of it. What truly can we do? Permalink Reply Report Azher 15 August 2010 at 12:30 am A govermnet which is in-capable of looking after its people should be booted out! Permalink Reply Report Azher 15 August 2010 at 12:41 am They might have connections with extremism but what they are doing there is only humantarian.Also what goverment is failing to do and successing in doing is to leave victoms abondened like always and push them further towards extremism.Such a goverment should not only be blamed but also prosecuted for exposing its people to extremism.We have extremism and military take overs in the first place because of these in-capable civil leadership never do what they should be doing.They should be booted out..for the sake of peace. Permalink Reply Report TGRWorzel 16 August 2010 at 8:30 pm If you are governing a country which has a lot of low-lying land and is vulnerable to flooding, don’t you have a fundamental responsibility to plan appropriately for that eventuality, and not rely on the international community being a soft-touch when you plead “humanitarian disaster”…? So I think the International Community needs as much of a shake as the global banking system. The old way of doing things isn’t appropriate any more. This issue, reluctance to help if you want to call it that, is perhaps an unforseen spin off from the global financial crisis of 2007/08, the implications of which are still playing out today and will continue to do so for many years to come… Permalink Reply Report