{ The pic shows children in Ahmedabad holding candles during a vigil held in memory of the victims in the terror attacks. The second one: the Taj hotel, one of the places where hostages were taken }
to stand up and fight, not just show resilience and simply move on with life. I don't understand why the country's political might does have any teeth. I am bloody sure, if this had happened to US or Israel what the reaction would be.
Have been glued to online news channels for a couple of days inspite of my semesters exams. It is so disturbing that I really couldnt study. Now that I am done with the exams, have all the time to follow up with whats happening.
Until the politicians stop bickering about small selfish things, execute administrative and police reforms, NOTHING is going to work out. That makes it so important for the govt. to get up and get going.
Like the pics above, some more heart rendering visuals here to get the essence of what happened..
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Descent Into Chaos, by Ahmed Rashid gives a true, clear picture on why the US is losing its war against Islamist terrorists in Pak/Afghanistan. Picked this book a week ago. The author is a Pak journalist, a specialist in Pak, Afghan and other Central Asian countries. Obama's team has picked him as a consultant for foreign policies on all matters related to Pak/Afghan.
Quoting from the book, everyone knows that ISI is abetting terrorism and helping AQ, Taliban and Co. in training young motivated men in waging a war in the name of god. You ask anyone..CIA, MI6, KGB, RAW..all know what the issue is. The biggest problem is without Pak's co-operation no one, not even US can erase the camps. The book further claims that the foreign policies, defence budget are all controlled by the army ?
I dont know how much of it is true, what I am interested in is that, terrorists should meet their end soon.
3 comments:
>I am bloody sure, if this had happened to US or Israel what the reaction would be.
Yea, we saw, US bloody bombarded the whole of Afghanistan! F@#$ed military and civilians there without remorse and a second thought. Thanks for recommending that book, I gotta buy it now. What you said in end about AQ-Pak, it is true, every freaking bit true. What I wonder is WHY can't we do anything. Why do we beg for US' help? Why do we have to be beggars all the time? Why don't we do what we ought to and let the rest of world go to hell?
Despite unprecedented media coverage of this event, nothing is going to happen. I saw a new piece on NDTV: 3-4 days after this incident, a journalist took a boat ride along the coast, touched and crossed international maritime boundary, sailed for about 24 hrs, everywhere where he should have been stopped my our guards and grilled! Yet nothing happened! This is what our nation has become :'( Well, today I'm more than certain nothing is going to change.
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Hey Shaolin,
Its so fucking complex. Difficult to decide what would be the best thing to do.
I still prefer Israel's strategy. The best example is the response to Black September (remember the movie Munich ?). Mossad responded with 'Operation Wrath of God' when Golda Meir was heading Israel. It of course didn't solve the problem completely but it very well sent a strong message to their enemies.The name itself is so bloody powerful - Wrath of God ; sends shivers down one's spine.
I need to watch Munich again.
The books like a documentary, heavily loaded with facts. A hundred thrillers can be written based on these facts by Robert Ludlum or John Grisham.
It really is fucking difficult to make the right call. It always is. But there are alternatives we can try. I haven't seen Munich (I've added to my list and I'm gonna watch it in next 24 hrs ;-) ) and Wrath of God, but I get the idea: It is about time for 'an eye for an eye', no disrespect meant but this is no time for Ghandhigiri. It is time to throw offense to defend. If only our !@#$ed up politicians get this!
Wow, so much info in that book, I'm gonna buy it asap!
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