Tariq Ali: Arab League pathetic, works as West's NGO

The head of the Arab League observer mission in Syria has described the situation in the restive city of Homs as "reassuring so far".
The flashpoint city was the monitors' first stop to investigate the government's response to the anti-regime unrest. Their arrival was met by a massive demonstration, with tens of thousands demanding international protection. RT talks to author and Middle East expert Tariq Ali who's in London.

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[strongfoot2009]

@JVONROCK : So try to follow the world news and do some research . The problems in both Syria and Libya started with foreign intelligence services arming some traitors there .

[HanzSygnal]

If they don't support Palestine or protect Iraq they are completely worthless.

[aniketranade]

@BelfastAtheist Governor of the biggest province in Pakistan is killed by his own bodyguard. The Bodyguard is hailed as a hero and showered with rose petals when hes brought in the court by the lawyers! The dead governor cant find a mullah to perform last rights and the one who does has to flee the country soon after. The judge who sentenced the killer to death had to flee as well. And now the dead governor's son has been kidnapped! Not a word from tariq!

[aniketranade]

@BelfastAtheist About criticizing military, Tariq worked hard to charge US with war crimes after vietnam war. Meanwhile, around the same time his own country was being divided in two and his own army killed almost a million people in East Pakistan ( now Bangladesh). Dont you find it strange that an intellectual would work harder at charging US for war crimes for killing Vietnam civilians than the army wch killed his own brother citizens. I find it very strange.

[aniketranade]

@BelfastAtheist I can give more examples if you want. Feel free to ask if you want to know.

[aniketranade]

@BelfastAtheist Just to give u an example..In Karachi, the biggest city in Pakistan..do u know how many people have been shot dead in last 3 years? More than 5000! And im not talking about suicide bombings...Im talking about normal people of different ethnicity just shooting each other! Its practically civil war and on an average more people are getting killed than even Gaza. Have u heard Tariq utter a word about it?

[BelfastAtheist]

@aniketranade

I've went on a while here I know, but what is it precisely you're saying that Ali could act as a catalyst for in Pakistan?

[BelfastAtheist]

@aniketranade

When Fisk talks about Pakistan, he comes up with nill.. his conclusion is that Corruption in Pakistani Politics is too deep now, what is there you can really do to even combat it?

Other than Iftikhar Choudry who heads the Judiciary, but ''The West'' or the ''The International Community' i.e. America and their stooges, don't like because he's independant and honest. :/ - Still, at least we get to wait around while the PM thinks about fighting his new sentence ;)

[BelfastAtheist]

@aniketranade

To be frank, I doubt Tariq Ali could have *that* much more influence if he went there, it takes more than one Activist to destroy the U.S-Pakistani relationship, which (Through ''Drone'' ''Strikes'' i.e. targeted assasination via machine) are currently helping to bolster Radicalism even MORE in Pakistan and are colsolidating hatred for the U.S in a Country whose only functioning Institution is the Military, which has thousands of Taliban AND Al-Qauda supporters.. and Nukes!

[BelfastAtheist]

@aniketranade

Well, that's speculative really; Let me ask you, have you watched Tariq Ali's lecture 'Empire, War and Resistance' at all? I have and in it (Chomsy discusses this too, though I've never found him go into detail on it) Ali discusses how the *worst* Pakistani Dictators who radically islamized Pakistani Society were *all* supported by the U.S and bolstered by them.

It's much bigger than what you make it out to be, this is a Societal problem that goes back Decades.

[aniketranade]

@BelfastAtheist nope..the book u are talking about..(the last one) is more about criticism of American War on Terror. I have the PDF file of that book..I can email it to you if you want. Lets face it..Tariq represents everything thats wrong with Pakistan. The elite & educated class leaves the country...and then pontificates about the problems of the rest of the world. That leaves a huge space in their own country for religious fanatic leaders who fill it gleefully. Sad..but true.

[BelfastAtheist]

@aniketranade

No.. he's wrote a book or two about Pakistan as well.