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Recent past has been full of incidents where terrorists have killed or injured ordinary citizens. Some of them were really gruesome and the Mumbai massacre sure has to be one of the scariest. A bunch of terrorists holding a city of 18 millions people to ransom. People from across the world were watching the as the events were unfolding. Innocent people being killed by random shots or shot in the head. I watched the news with anger and helplessness. This should have never happened and should have been stopped. When I try to find out who is responsible for this, it is more than one group of people.1. Islamic terrorists - Being a non-religious guy, I hardly know what Islam preaches. But I am sure no religion will be able to justify killing of innocent people. These guys are filled with anger against anybody who is prospering. They probably want the whole world to live like poor Afghanis. What makes me angry is how these people have access to unlimited funds and weapons. After all these things come from outside.2. Pakistani regime - The government of Pakistan has time and again supported terrorists whose sole aim is to cause harm to India. Dawood lives a king’s life there with full support from the government and ISI. They seem to take pleasure in co-operating with our enemies. Things would have been much easier had our neighbours been more co-operative.3. Indian government - The way Indian govt managed the whole affair was pathetic. It shows how badly we are prepared for a calamity or emergency. All claims of India trying to be a superpower has changed into a joke. 10 people can take a city of 18 million hostage and it takes more than 2 days for us to fix it.4. Indian public - We Indians have seen to have lost the sight of the big picture. All we are worried is about the next meal and not about anything else. How else would one justify voting for politicians of this class. We don’t respect law or law enforcers. We are just scared of law breakers. The public needs to come out and show that they need answers from the ruling government.
posted by Leslie at 08:50 on 03-Dec-2008


Your comment, "We Indians seem to have lost sight of the big picture" is, alas, true. Look at what is happening in Australia. They have shown that we are a people who can be kicked around. If it was some other country, they would have asked the students to return and would have ensured that their educational future is taken care of, even if it means arranging foreign education elsewhere. But our politicians cannot imagine anything bold for the nation's prestige. They know only how to appease.

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