Posted by
Always To The Right on Monday, December 01, 2008 11:03:00 AM
One might think that an attack like Mumbai just suffered, in which
as many as 300 died, might tend to focus the minds of Indians on the
true definition of terrorism. Not according to Bollywood, India’s film industry, which apparently has more in common with Hollywood than just a clever twist on the name:
On the evening of Nov. 26, the biggest names in
Bollywood walked the red carpet at the Bombay premiere of “The
President Is Coming,” a comedy about six 20-somethings vying to win the
right to shake hands with President Bush.
Among those in attendance at the star-studded premiere Wednesday
evening was Bollywood’s “new heartthrob” Imran Khan, who proudly posed
for paparazzi donning a T-shirt with Mr. Bush’s face sandwiched between
the words “International Terrorist.”
Mr. Khan - a member of India’s Muslim minority - chose not to mock
international terrorists who kill in the name of Allah. He and his
co-religionists know the deadly results for those who do.
At the precise moment Mr. Khan and hundreds of others making their
fortunes in the multibillion-dollar Indian movie business were watching
“The President Is Coming,” only a few blocks away, 10 20-something
Muslim extremists began a horrific three-day terror spree.
Azam Amir Kasab, the sole surviving terrorist, told his saviors, “I
was told to kill to my last breath.” The 21-year-old Pakistani stated
that the group’s goal was to kill 5,000 people. Overall, at least 174
people died and more than 300 were injured.
Andrew Breitbart reports that Khan wore this shirt despite the
deaths of family members of other members of the Bollywood community.
Khan’s shirt may have been the most obvious evidence of cluelessness —
and the most crass — but he was hardly alone. They’re busy blaming
the police for their ineptit
ude
rather than the terrorists themselves (with some justification) while
declaring the terrorists insane and demanding that the same authorities
chase after them with butterfly nets rather than guns, which seems
wildly contradictory to everyone outside of Bollywood … and Hollywood.