Deepak Chopra Blames Washington For Mumbai Terrorist Attacks ...Update: Iran Agrees

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Thursday, November 27, 2008
Deepak Chopra Blames Washington For Mumbai Terrorist Attacks ...Update: Iran Agrees
This was really twisted.


Deepak Chopra believes "Washington" was responsible for the attacks in Mumbai.
HuffPo and CNN reported:


Chopra: What we have seen in Mumbai has been brewing for a long time, and the war on terrorism and the attack on Iraq compounded the situation. What we call "collateral damage" and going after the wrong people actually turns moderates into extremists, and that inflammation then gets organized and appears as this disaster in Bombay. Now the worst thing that could happen is there's a backlash on the Muslims from the fundamental Hindus in India, which then will perpetuate the problem. Inflammation will create more inflammation.

CNN: Let me jump in on that because you're presuming something very important, which is that it's Muslims who have carried out these attacks and, in some cases, with Washington in their sights.

Chopra: Ultimately the message is always toward Washington because it's also the perception that Washington, in their way, directly or indirectly funds both sides of the war on terror. They fund our side, then our petrol dollars going to Saudi Arabia through Pakistan and ultimately these terrorist groups, which are very organized. You know Jonathan, it takes a lot of money to do this. It takes a lot of organization to do this. Where's the money coming from, you know? The money is coming from the vested interests. I'm not talking about conspiracy theories, but what happens is, our policies, our foreign policies, actually perpetuate this problem. Because, you know, 25% of the world's population is Muslim and they're the fastest growing segment of the population of the world. The more we alienate the Muslim population, the more the moderates are likely to become extremists.
It makes you wonder who he thinks "the right people" are.
America has been going after Al-Qaeda and the nations that harbor and fund terrorists for 7 years now.
To blame the attacks in Mumbai on American policy in Iraq or Afghanistan or wherever is just wrong.

Here's the video.

UPDATE: Iran agress with Deepak. It's America's fault.

posted by Gateway Pundit at 11/27/2008 02:15:00 PM Trackback

50 Comments:
druu222 said...
This thinking is so twisted it sometimes amazes me that the sane of us aren't able to shred it to pieces and leave it quivering to death on the ground.

Notice the all too common simultinaety of arrogance and self-deprecation. We (the US) are far from the only people in the world that matter according to Choppy and his ilk.... and yet somehow THE ENTIRE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND US no matter what we do.

Sometimes it seems that words fall out of these people's mouths like excrement, with no other purpose than to plop onto the ground and stink the joint up.

2:38 PM
reoconnot said...
Dingbat Deepak In Deep Denial

The worst thing that can happen is to go soft on these fanatics.

And bozo, the people of Iraq were not attacked. They were liberated from a mass murdering, genocidal, stalinist dictator. And then liberated from Islamic terrorists, including al Qaeda.

2:41 PM
Forrest said...
Alert the village elders that their idiot has been located.

3:02 PM
Thomas said...
What a boob. Just keeping wishing for it to go away, Deepak.

3:02 PM
Richard said...
"So Bush's policies are only leading to more terrorism."

Oh really? So, the escalation of attacks throughout the 1990's culminating, in what still is the worst terror attack ever, 9/11. Bush wasn't in power and wasn't doing much to go after terrorists in his first year.

Do you ever think before you write, bruce?

3:04 PM
Thomas said...
Oh I get it Bruce. Therefore, we can blame President Clinton for his failed policies leading to 9-11 and over 3000 children, women and men dying?

No, I will answer that for you, it has nothing to do with what any of us in the US has done. It has everything to do with radical, hateful, religious fanatics.

3:07 PM
reoconnot said...
Do you ever think before you write, bruce?

---

Yes, unfortunately, like a liberal.

3:09 PM
Jimmy the Dhimmi said...
Deepak is a bigot who has the lowest of expectations for people of his own ethnicity! He acts as if the arab, pashto, pakistani, ect... have the minds of insects who can only respond to stimuli and cannot hedge their passions with reasons, as "washingtonians" (aka white people and jews) can.

Notice how the worst thing about this incident to him is the potential "backlash" against Muslims by hindus. He doesn't even care about the families of the hindus or Americans or British who have been massacred.

F*%K Deepak

3:12 PM
Daniel said...
Just like comedian Ron White points out - "You can't fix stupid."

Much as we would like to - folks like this just can't think straight.

3:18 PM
Winston said...
Deepak my arse. Is he even an American citizen? If yes, why does he hate a country that has given him so many chances to be the asshole he is now. What a dope!

3:25 PM
terrence44 said...
I am delighted that your posts get deleted, Bruce. From the references to them, they were complete drivel.

Are you stupid enough to think that Gateway Pundit deleting drivel is in any way "censorship"?

If you do not like the way Gateway Pundit removes your crap from HIS blogg. start your own blogg, bozo.

3:44 PM
Joanne said...
Muslims in Iraq helped and help go after and kill Islamic terrorists, so why can't Muslims the world over go after Islamic terrorists then? Why does going after Islamic terrorists who blow women and children up in the markets and schools somehow cause so-called moderates to turn to extremism? Perhaps it has something to do with the Koran and what the book teaches.

4:03 PM
wa.bear.hunter said...
Fact - it does not take a lot of money to buy guns , ammo and a few boats and then form an attack. It takes crazy people.

This line of thought is about as retarded as the guns kill people line of thought. Except now it is money is killing people. Where's that retard on here yesterday who was saying that terrorists were poor people and that was why they perpetrated attacks. Heck even when we make their countries better off with money we are still wrong.

Well wake up morons. It's not about money. This is about terrorists who want to kill based upon ideologies , extremist (excrementist) religion , brainwashing , and they are intending to do two things. Incite all muslims into a global war and agitate non muslims to retaliate in order to get the muslim unity strengthened.

Deepak didn't mention the fact that there is already muslim vs. hindu tensions in India which has existed long before Washington was on the blame radar.

What turns moderates into extremists is lack of brainpower, brainwashing and radical personalities. The religion of Islam has some serious problems when it comes to it's so called defects. They seem to come out of the woodwork constantly with bombs attached and guns blazing. Here's a thought for Deepak. Maybe the religion of Islam which teaches them to kill infidels is the problem. Dontchathink?

4:05 PM
Joanne said...
My 4:03 comment doesn't read properly - my questions are rhetorical.

4:07 PM
terrence44 said...
Here is fred the wonder "lawyer, making a fool out of himself again. Mind you that is ALL he ever does.

4:23 PM
wa.bear.hunter said...
Fred you forgot that crafting such an attack takes little money. Therefore it blows your whole theory into the toilet where it belongs. Maybe you should follow it.

Attacking doesn't take money.It takes tenacity, weapons and considering the circumstances a little bit of time at a makeshift rang shooting 10 cent bullets.

Fred maybe you got a higher education but I might suggest you get your money back.

4:31 PM
Quiet said...
Muslim Brotherhood has their spin on the attacks.

Our worst fears have come true. It is clear that Mossad is involved in the whole affair. An entire city has been attacked by Mossad and probably units of mercenaries. It is not possible for one single organization to plan and execute such a sophisticated operation. It is clear that this operation was backed by communal forces from within the Indian State. The Home Minister Shivraj Patil should resign. The RSS-BJP-VHP-Bajrang Dal should be banned. Advani and others ought to be arrested. Today is a day of shame for all Indians and all Hindus. Muslims and secular Hindus have been proven right. RSS type forces and Israel are all involved in not only destabilizing but finishing India. India should immediately snap all relations with Israel. We owe this much to Karkare and the brave ATS men who had shown the courage to arrest Praggya Singh, Raj Kumar Purohit, the army officer and several others.

4:34 PM
wa.bear.hunter said...
Sounds like a Fred report to me.

4:35 PM
bg said...
++

Political Islam,

[Barack Obama has closely aligned himself with Reverend Jeremiah Wright and Black Liberation Theology (BLT). When viewed from the Christian point-of-view, BLT is a strange creed, but when seen from the standpoint of Islam, there is a very strong parallel.]

Political Correctness,

[Pacifism

The elites have a solution for Islam. War is evil and causes suffering. If you treat people well, they will treat you well. This is a logical fallacy that if we treat others well they will treat us well. That is true, if and only if, they follow the Golden Rule.

So if the Golden Rule inspires you to be non-violent, and if the person you are dealing with also practices the Golden Rule, all is fine. But if the other person doesn't follow the Golden Rule, then they can take advantage of you.]

more diverse targets (all infidels & Muslims alike), samo samo more inclusive goals (the 4 corners of the Earth)..

[This news report from Bayerischer Rundfunk explains in detail the cooperation between the Nazis and the Muslim Arab leaders during WW2.

It goes on to explain how high ranking heads of the SS fled to the Arab world and carried on their activities under the protection of leaders such as President Nasser and how modern Islam has adopted a Nazi style ideology of hate and conspiracy against the Jews.]

we are & have been losing the media battle to AQ et al.. with no small thanks going to everyone in the media, and quite a few prominent Dems (ie: Reid, Pelosi, Murtha, Durbin, Kerry, with honorable mention going to BDS Mooonbats) of course, seriously..

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4:37 PM
Snake Oil Baron said...
"CNN: Let me jump in on that because you're presuming something very important, which is that it's Muslims who have carried out these attacks and, in some cases, with Washington in their sights."

Muslims!?!?!?! The deuce you say! Why common sense and a mere degree in journalism should convince any thinking intellectual that Muslims had nothing to do with this. It was solely perpetrated by a shadowy pentagon shadow agency under the direct command of Karl Rove. The motivation is to undo all the goodwill which exists between Hindus and Muslims in India so that Americans can get their hands on the exotic spices of India.

CNN is a cult. If anyone you know works for CNN get them out before the next comet comes by.

4:42 PM
christian soldier said...
This is not a NEW war ---this is a VERY OLD WAR...
Deepak does not know his history!!!
check out Jefferson and Madison and their (new-at the time)) refusal to pay tribute to pirates (Islam) ....

C-CS

4:42 PM
bg said...
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another vid here (scroll down to War on Terror turns Moderates into Extremist!, CNN, November 27, 2008:)..

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5:04 PM
Nona said...
Chpora makes no sense at all.

The man has a completely twisted idea of his own self worth and is no more than a con artist.

5:09 PM
Gary said...
Ole Deep pockets Choke Ya! Fails to realize that only because he is now a permanent resident of THIS country can he speak out about how badly we manage the rest of the world. If he were in India he would not be rolling in the money for his stupid "dr love and hug" books that he has written, nor living in his BOLLYWOOD Mansion, but he would be hushed for speaking out against his government. Funny I don't see him leading any parades to send money over to India to help out those affected by this tragidy. Go eat a cow Deep Pockets.

5:17 PM
bg said...
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sarc on/

i never would have guessed!!

\sarc off

5:27 PM
DANEgerus said...
India has lost 3600 people to terror attacks in the last 3 years.

5:59 PM
Dad29 said...
Is there some reason that people actually pay attention to this fellow?

6:16 PM
bg said...
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Timeline: India [1858/2008]

excerpt:

[1947-48 - Hundreds of thousands die in widespread communal bloodshed after partition.

[snip]

1948 - War with Pakistan over
disputed territory of Kashmir.

[snip]

1984 - Troops storm Golden Temple - Sikhs' most holy shrine - to flush out Sikh militants pressing for self-rule.

[snip]

1990 - Muslim separatist groups begin campaign of violence in Kashmir.

[snip]

1992 - Hindu extremists demolish mosque in Ayodhya, triggering widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.

[snip]

2002 May - Pakistan test-fires three medium-range surface-to-surface Ghauri missiles, which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

War of words between Indian and Pakistani leaders intensifies. Actual war seems imminent.

[snip]

2003 August - At least 50 people are killed in two simultaneous bomb blasts in Bombay.

[2005]

29 October - Bombs kill 62 people in Delhi. A little-known Kashmiri group says it is behind the attacks.

[2006]

7 March - 14 people are killed by bomb blasts in the Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi.

2006 May - Suspected Islamic militants kill 35 Hindus in the worst attacks in Indian-administered Kashmir for several months.

2006 11 July - More than 180 people are killed in bomb attacks on rush-hour trains in Mumbai. Investigators blame Islamic militants based in Pakistan.

2006 8 September - Explosions outside a mosque in the western town of Malegaon kill at least 31 people.

[snip]

2007 18 February - 68 passengers, most of them Pakistanis, are killed by bomb blasts and a blaze on a train travelling from New Delhi to the Pakistani city of Lahore.

[snip]

2007 March - Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh state kill more than 50 policemen in a dawn attack.

[snip]

2007 May - At least nine people are killed in a bomb explosion at the main mosque in Hyderabad. Several others are killed in subsequent rioting.

[snip]

2008 July - Series of explosions kills 49 in Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state. The little-known group Indian Mujahideen claims responsibility.

[snip]

2008 November - More than 100 people are killed and hundreds injured in a series of co-ordinated attacks by gunmen on the main tourist and business area of India's financial capital Mumbai.]

lots more attacks, assassinations,
earthquakes, floods, etc, @ link..

(disclaimer: can't vouch for accuracy due to source)

==

6:21 PM
Solaratov said...
This was no spur-of-the-moment retaliation for the sinking of the pirate ship last week. Some of the terrorists had reservations at the Taj, and used cable television reports to direct the terrs via sat-phone. Somehow, I don't believe that the Taj is the sort of place that one can walk into and find a few vacant rooms. Not with a high-powered meeting of Brit, American and others taking place.
This was a good, long time in the planning and preparation. Just because they used boats to come up on the Taj doesn't mean that it was a pirate outing. And, some of the terrs were armed with somewhat more sophisticated weaponry than the old AK-47.

As for old deepak - shove it. He's a has been trying to get a few minutes in the limelight. Somebody simply said, "we need an Indian," and his name popped up on their computer. The fact that he's an American-hating scab on a pustule merely put gravy on their tater.

7:03 PM
rls said...
The failed policies of GWB, known as the Bush Doctrine just has happened to keep us safe for the last seven years with over 5,000 terrorist planned attacks thwarted world wide in that time.

The international cooperation with the US in the GWOT, even including the Frenchies, is directly because of the Bush Doctrine.

I give thanks today to President Bush for seven years of safety.

8:50 PM
cphilip said...
This "turning into terrorists" thing is a BIG, BIG LIE! If these moderates can be turned into terrorists, they are not moderates at all. And of course, as so many here has already mentioned, they didn't need a "Bush" or a "Iraq war" to execute all those horrific attacks including that "9 - 11 (pearl harbour)attack. They simply need their ideology about how unconverted defenders of freedom countries are satan. The right reasoning is : By going after terrorists, many moderates are becoming more courageous to go after the extremists. By becoming friendly to extremists regimes in Iran, where will the moderates in Iran go. They will be put to shamed by the extremists and they will loose power to speak out against becoming an extremists because extremists have proven to them that their brand of Islam can make America bow down to them.
I am not an American but Please don't let such lies and twisted thinking go uncorrected even if powerful forces like some mass media is behind them. It amazed me how when repeated often enough, the general public comes to accept these lies as "truths." We cannot underestimate or tolerate the misused of such "psychological principles" anymore. Please get organized and form really strong organizations that can earn public trust to act as watchdog against the irresponsible, leftists, terrorists sponsored mass medias and Hollywood.

Why should they need an "Iraq war" to form terrorist cells all over the world and plan 9 - 11!?

10:11 PM
Zogg said...
The moron Chopra is also a favorite of the BBC, who frequently gives him a platform to spew his anti-Americanism. You have to want to promote anti-Americanism to invite Deepak Chopra onto your show. Both the BBC and CNN are bastions of the kind of outrageously stupid left wing mindset which is destroying the West through a process of dumbing down and propaganda.

11:25 PM
Takekaze said...
Please... can't we just... nuke the moosels back to stoneage? Not that it would make much difference, I mean, islam is worse than stone age.

Bruce, read the damn koran, then open your mouth, you dhimmi.

12:38 AM
Rose said...
Maybe if ur father/mother/sisters/brothers/friends brains were blown away in the American war against terror..n u liv in absolute mayhem evry single day... not enuff food..not enuff water and u had abs no hope that tomorow could bring anything remotely good...then you would know how moderates turn into extremists...

1:19 AM
DAVE BONES said...
When he says that both sides are funded from the US, al-Q via petro dollars through Saudi this is probably true isn't it.

2:58 AM
gavincurtis said...
Can I sit and have a beer with Nick Rockefeller and ask him what he thinks is going on with all this?

3:20 AM
Eric said...
The mujahideen were saudis extremist funded by the CIA (the money was delivered through the Pakistani ISI to fund the resistance in Afghanistan) to wage war in Afghanistan aginst Russia in the 80s. Bin Laden was a mujahideen and AlQaeda was a faction of the mujahideen. Do you know that right now the US government through special executive order of president Bush is funding 80 different organization around the world? They are funding muslim extremists in Iran, China and many other countries including India. Washington is the biggest sponsor of terrorism in the world, wake up man!

3:22 AM
Nona said...
Rose 1.19

It has long been established that the majority of terrorists are from a middle class background and are educated.

Muslims have been attacking Hindus and others in India for centuries. Millions died when India and Pakistan split, the slaughter has massive.

It is very far fetched to say this attack has anything to to with the American war on Terror.

Perhaps if islam were indeed a peace loving religion none of this would ever have happened, but the koran instructs that infidels must be converted or killed.

3:26 AM
Brad said...
I'm sure American foreign policy is not completely to blame but I'm also sure it didn't help things either. You can't possibly believe that the last 8 years of America putting its nose where it doesn't belong hasn't contributed to global tensions. If you can't admit that then you truly are arrogant.

3:56 AM
Jed Shlackman said...
Deepak is actually cowardly for NOT considering so-called "conspiracy theories," since those are where the evidence leads and in many cases what best explains what's going on in the world. The Pakistan ISI, controlled by elements of the CIA & MI6, is the suspected organizer of the terror actions in Mumbai. There is a global elite who foster cults and terror groups to use for their own advantage... who profits from terror? It's usually not street level terrorists who gain, it's the global financial elite. Go to places like www.infowars.com and www.globalresearch.ca and www.911blogger.com to begin learning about our world. If you research 911 you'll see significant CIA, FBI, & Mossad players involved... not the whole agencies, just key operatives at high levels, usually individuals who are part of secret societies. Chopra's comments are valid on one level - the elite schemes work because people react to provocations in predictable ways rather than remaining calm and seeking to learn the truth. "Washington" and the "Islamic terrorists" are controlled and financed by the same elites. So called Al-Qaeda was created by the CIA & MI6 to promote war in Afghanistan, Obama's top advisor Breszinski was involved, Al Qaeda has continued to be a CIA asset and was the agreed upon fallguy for the 911 false flag, it was made to look like muslims did 911 but it was a setup and the pictured patsies and Osama Bin Laden weren't the ones who actually followed through with carrying out the operation. Osama's been dead since shortly after 911 and they continue to fake messages from him to maintain a face for the war on terror scam.

4:12 AM
gturpin said...
Deepak should see that the terrorists were killing hindus indescriminatly...muslims look at hindus as infidels also!

4:18 AM
Security Clearance Guru said...
Prayers go out to all who have been negatively impacted by the Mumbai attacks. Identify, locate, arrest and hold accountable all responsible individuals for their heinous actions and behavior. Of course this this would not be the first time in U.S. history a tragedy was allowed to happen in order to get the U.S. involved in a greater conflict or war.

5:38 AM
cphilip said...
Some people still use the "America helped Bin Laden against the Russians" to criticize America. Although I am a chinese and not an American i can see that this kind of reasoning is stupid. When I help my neighbour who is bullied by someone, I am not a prophet to know if he will be thankful to me later on or if he will decide to turn against me later on. But if at the time I help him, he was really oppressed and really need help why shouldn't I do what I think is right? The only thing this argument about how CIA helped people like Bin Laden to fight the Russians proves is that thanks to Ungrateful and the religious ideology of hatred, people like bin laden the World to become a place where there is less trust. And if some people still want to buy the foolish reasoning that the terrorists has cooked up in order to cause Americans against Americans, then go ahead and make the terrorists laugh at how easily it is to brainwash arrogant liberal, leftist Americans who only knows how to criticize but will not dare to give up their citizenship and try living in China or Nkorea.

6:00 AM
kev said...
I believe what deepak is saying is that since we could care less about innocents(collateral damage)in iraq and afghanistan, those factions involved are trying to prove a point by killing innocent Americans and Brits...What about the innocent everyone cries..but ignore their own hypocrisy..these killings are an outcropping of American foreign policy and greed. killing innocent people for oil and to Make bush and Cheney rich is ok. And don't point to 911 because it was your "fearless" leader Georgie who orchestrated that, he said they never new that planes could be used to fly into buildings but they were practincing military manoevers contrary to this months before and Marvin Bush was head of security for the world trade center..Don't fool yourselves these are desperate people but we(american foreign policy) has made them desperate.

6:38 AM
bg said...
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DAVE BONES @ 2:58 AM

albeit much more complicated when put into context, i'd say yes.. there may be an OUNCE of truth to it..

hence, the DEMS BEAR A FAIR SHARE OF THE BLAME for refusing to DRILL HERE; DRILL NOW & STOP THE FLOW OF PETRO DOLLARS THAT FUEL OUR ENEMIES!!

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6:59 AM
bg said...
++

Eric @ 3:22 AM

oh no!!

another moonbat still stuck on square one..

1) if the BA is guilty of anything so is every administration going back to Jimmah Carter.. who started the whole shebang.. not to mention Brezinsky.. Obama's main foreign policy advisor, go figure..

2) get a clue before you spew!!

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7:07 AM
cphilip said...
In fact many Iraqis now recognize the truth about who has been killing indiscriminately. They know now that that the terrorists are the ones who have killed more Iraqis and bombed more holy places than the coalition forces have. On the other hand they feel thankful because the coalition forces have tried hard to protect civilians and holy places and if any collateral damages occurred, thorough investigations will usually be carried out. The terrorists however, couldn't care anything about carrying out any investigations against their own fighters if their own fighters killed any innocent Muslims whether by accident or intentionally.

India was a country that was not even supportive of the Iraq war yet the Muslim terrorists, armed with their ideology of hatred for anyone they considered as unconverted infidels, did not spare them.

7:39 AM
Bob said...
Deepak Chopra makes my list of top ten jerks.

7:58 AM
antiest said...
Wow did this article ever hit a nerve!

I may not agree fully with Deepak, however I certainly do not agree with these over emotional whiners in here, most who do not have a shred of understanding of geopolitics. Aside from the fact that India and Pakistan have been conflicting for quite some time, in reality this current issue in Mumbai has little or anything to do with Islamic extremism.

And for all those fools who watch too much television, Islamic extremism has nothing to do with religion. Do you honestly believe these people just get up one day and go "you know what? America isn't Islamic. Let's fly airplanes into the WTC"? if you do think this, may I suggest that you pull your head out of your arse and get educated? to deny the US governments involvement and direct influence in creating this current mess, again---recall the United states, as well as Europes, hegemonic influence in the middle east since the collapse of the Ottoman empire; everything from the support of the tyrannical Saudi royals, to the shah of Iran to Saddam hussien as well as the support of the mujahideen through Pakistans ISI. Just historical facts, you can quit your whining "stop blaming America" diatribe. Facts speak for themselves, and the truth is always uncomfortable--especially for those blubbering nationalists, the "America never does wrong" mentality.

7:59 AM
roy said...
Chopra is absolutely correct! After all the flag waving and sword rattling ,it comes down to the fact that americans are historically illiterate and think the movies they watch and the heroes in those movies are reality.How often have we "accidentally" bombed civilians in the last decade. Have we lost count, or as most americans would express it, they don't count. It it was your loved one you'd care.

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