German Military Chief Hates The Dirty Job

Germany’s top general and a senior defence ministry official quit on Thursday over an airstrike in Afghanistan in which NATO says as many as 142 people were killed.

The resignations, announced in parliament by Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, followed press revelations that a military report about the September 4 strike was suppressed.

Germany, with around 4,300 troops, is the third-largest contributor of foreign troops in Afghanistan after the United States and Britain. The mission is opposed by a majority of voters in Germany, polls indicate.

Chief of staff General Wolfgang Schneiderhan “has released himself from his duties at his own request”, zu Guttenberg said. “State secretary (Peter) Wichert is also taking responsibility.”

My comment:

German military chief resigns over Afghan airstrike. The burden on one’s soul, of doing great wrong to fellow man, is immense. When will other generals of the All-Lied occupation forces follow General Wolfgang’s example?

The occupiers need to go back to grow their own poppy, dig their own oil, and mind their own business instead of force-feeding the world with their damaging brand of democracy.

Militancy Is Good For Kashmiri Wildlife Population

Kashmir’s ownership has been disputed by India and Pakistan since the bloody partition in 1947. I have always looked at the Kashmir issue as a way to solve not human problems but those of wild animals. The Indian media have just informed us that people like myself were right after all.

Wildlife warden Rashid Naqash, up in Dachigam Sanctuary said on Tuesday that over the two-decade-old separatist rebellion, the wildlife population of Indian-held Kashmir has registered a manifold increase by scaring away poachers and hunters from the region. He did not say how many foreign fighters the area attracted.

Rare birds like the black partridge and pheasant have increased in thousands, while more Asiatic black bear, leopards, musk deer and hangul (a rare red deer) freely roam the forests of Himalayas. At last, the fighters have wild company. Surely, it is a jungle out there.

The hunters are afraid of getting caught up in the crossfire between militants and the security forces, and no one has dared venturing deep into the forests in the past twenty years. The local hunters too are without weapons because in 1990, they were ordered to deposit their weapons at the nearest police station in order to squash the revolt. The change is remarkable because wildlife roams freely and has truly multiplied.

Authorities estimate the number of threatened black bear, which also inhabit hilly and mountainous forests across Asia from Afghanistan to Taiwan, has jumped in Kashmir from 700-800 since 1990 to 2,500-3,000. Officials say the increase in wildlife population is good news for Kashmir’s ailing tourism industry.

I have no doubt that the freedom fighters (or separatist terrorists) will not be pleased by this Indusian claim; the former want their own kind multiplying away. Does somebody care about a dancing peacock up in the mountains?

Animals could not be happier as humans, while pursuing peace, blow each other up to pieces.

Happy Eid al-Azha

I wish all the active and spiritually alive Muslims:

A very HAPPY Eid al-Azha!

Do not bother counting the number of hair on the sacrificial animal’s back to assess how many good deeds will be transferred to your savings account at GOOD DEEDS SAVINGS; instead, focus on your sincere intentions in doing all what Allah has discussed in His Book.