Quite possibly, in the aftermath of the ghastly attack, Valentine had much less stomach for monitoring the psyches in the clubhouse.
On most mornings on the street adjoining the Westgate mall, the scene of the ghastly attack in Nairobi last week, one would encounter dozens of hawkers peddling wares to passing motorists.
"I can only ascribe this series of events [the story of the call] to those who wish to divert attention from the fact that a terrorist group, operating from Pakistani territory, planned and launched a ghastly attack on Mumbai," he said.
The region has come to us, as shown by the ghastly attack in Paris, and recent others, including Ankara and Beirut.
While the TTP's main spokesman denied involvement in the ghastly attack, the outfit's splinter group, led by Khalifa Umar Mansoor, claimed the attack in a detailed video message.
Our own view was given that absolutely grotesque, ghastly attack that was carried out that killed hundreds of children as well as over a thousand adults that we had to enforce the international norm against using chemical weapons.
What if we chose to accept the fact that every few years, despite all reasonable precautions, some hundreds or thousands of us may die in the sort of ghastly terrorist attack that a democratic republic cannot 100-percent protect itself from without subverting the very principles that make it worth protecting?
Emphasizing that he had remained in India even after the bombing to express condolences and condemnation, Qureshi described the attacks as "ghastly, tragic and inhumane".
"I don't think it's slipped away among people I know," Ms. Yost said, recalling the ghastly success of the attacks.
If the ghastly shock of terrorist attacks has made some people nostalgic for the certainties of old-fashioned enemies and great power struggles, John J. Mearsheimer offers a bracing slap in the face.
