News channels are still reporting the mysteries buried in Osama bin Laden's "mansion" while I sit and wonder, "How is it even remotely possible that people still believe Pakistan is an innocently aloof country?"
A terrorist who dyes his beard, watches himself on TV, has rich and famous Arabs and Army personnel visiting him at his "home" for 5 years, was basically living in a town without anyone knowing! Even the most ignorant people know the faces of their neighbours! It's a little difficult to accept that someone that probably perfected genetic cloning before people knew about it, is dead.
A man who was responsible for the deaths of an appalling number of innocent people, was living comfortably, not luxuriously, in Abbottabad, Pakistan without the Pakistan Army and/or the ISI having even a whiff of his presence within their boundaries.
News readers are putting up questions that so many of us have probably thought of, even if just for a minute. I find it incredibly hard to believe that Osama bin Laden, is dead. And if their whole fiasco is to be believed, it's even weirder that for five years, Pakistan's Army, political heads, ISI folks, didn't feel it necessary to put across to the USA that the chap was living peacefully in a house that was probably 8 times larger than any of the houses around it. In a garrison town, it's but common sense to ask around and find out who is occupying a premises that stands out.
Something I read today that was utterly disturbing was Pasha's comment/threat to India wherein he said that if India took any "action" or attacked, they were prepared to fight back. Apparently, rehearsals had been done, targets identified, and forces prepared. So for nearly a decade, when India has been saying that the toppers of the "Most Wanted" list are hiding out in Pakistan, the world should have just trusted us, considering we're basically joined to Pakistan at the shoulder, whether we like it or not. Undermining intel can be a huge mistake. The CIA and other US intelligence agencies maybe outstandingly efficient but the truth remains that when India firmly stated that Osama bin Laden was hiding and living in Pakistan, it wasn't just a hunch.
Why the USA suddenly decided to raid the house and kill Osama is beyond me, but why there was an absolute urgency to blow the matter beyond recognition and then not even provide bin Laden's body for indentification is too fishy to just believe. I don't think the man deserved such respect that he had to buried at sea ever so immediately. The only people who have probably seen what really happened are the people in the secret Congress meetings. They're probably the only ones who are not being shown Photoshop-ed images of the assassinated Osama bin Laden.
Honestly, I believe Osama wasn't even half the problem to begin with. He was important no doubt. But his "death" in no way ends the trauma that terrorism inflicts upon our daily lives.
If ever, there were to be a revelation of a list which had the names of all the people that directly and in-directly, actively and passively, support terrorism, the world would be at its wits end. It would turn out to be a heart-breaking list of Army generals, politicians, bureaucrats, diplomats, foreign nationals, government employees, brainwashed college students.. the works!
I believe the issue here is, how frequently and foolishly will Pakistan get off scot-free? Why does the world continue to believe that Pakistan really was as aloof as humanly imaginable about this scenario? A 4 year old could tell the truth apart here. Why are people allowed to directly, unabashedly, shamelessly allowed to make threats to India and her people? Why does India, in all of this, always maintain such an obviously blind stand? Why would our leaders portray us to be a weak willed, highly-tolerant-of-criminal-activities sort of country to the world?
Every time something happens, we sit, watch, let it pass, and then print headlines that ask the victims and the cities to "move on". A false hope inducing headline yields nothing. Why do we continue to lie to ourselves? Why do we believe that even at this stage, things will change? There is a time and place for Gandhi-giri. This, is not one of those times. Why is it so hard for us to maintain and stick to a strict stand on such matters than affect not only national security but everything related therein? We're emotional people who jump at the first sign of violence and start hurling stones at buses, set fire to offices and vehicles. But we never take action that is actually productive. We need to understand that simply getting our point across is not going to solve anything. We need to want something more than just to be heard. We get affected easily but we don't let the cause affect us till we reach a breaking point at which we have to stand unshakable and see the solution through.
We shouldn't be turning the page over and reaching for the Entertainment or Sports section of the paper. We should be aghast at the fact that this man actually publicly threatened to attack India.
Terrorism isn't just about brainwashing people into believing violence will redeem them. It's practically a profession by now. And like any other profession, it's funded. Well enough to exist globally and continually. We need to stop chopping branches and leaves off. We need to uproot the plant.
Cut off the supply of sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to a plant, and it'll shrivel up in no time and become weak. Cut off the funds that sponsor terrorism globally, and the whole institution is wobbly. What's a better time to uproot a plant than when it's got no strength to fight back against your efforts to end its harmful effects?
A terrorist who dyes his beard, watches himself on TV, has rich and famous Arabs and Army personnel visiting him at his "home" for 5 years, was basically living in a town without anyone knowing! Even the most ignorant people know the faces of their neighbours! It's a little difficult to accept that someone that probably perfected genetic cloning before people knew about it, is dead.
A man who was responsible for the deaths of an appalling number of innocent people, was living comfortably, not luxuriously, in Abbottabad, Pakistan without the Pakistan Army and/or the ISI having even a whiff of his presence within their boundaries.
News readers are putting up questions that so many of us have probably thought of, even if just for a minute. I find it incredibly hard to believe that Osama bin Laden, is dead. And if their whole fiasco is to be believed, it's even weirder that for five years, Pakistan's Army, political heads, ISI folks, didn't feel it necessary to put across to the USA that the chap was living peacefully in a house that was probably 8 times larger than any of the houses around it. In a garrison town, it's but common sense to ask around and find out who is occupying a premises that stands out.
Something I read today that was utterly disturbing was Pasha's comment/threat to India wherein he said that if India took any "action" or attacked, they were prepared to fight back. Apparently, rehearsals had been done, targets identified, and forces prepared. So for nearly a decade, when India has been saying that the toppers of the "Most Wanted" list are hiding out in Pakistan, the world should have just trusted us, considering we're basically joined to Pakistan at the shoulder, whether we like it or not. Undermining intel can be a huge mistake. The CIA and other US intelligence agencies maybe outstandingly efficient but the truth remains that when India firmly stated that Osama bin Laden was hiding and living in Pakistan, it wasn't just a hunch.
Why the USA suddenly decided to raid the house and kill Osama is beyond me, but why there was an absolute urgency to blow the matter beyond recognition and then not even provide bin Laden's body for indentification is too fishy to just believe. I don't think the man deserved such respect that he had to buried at sea ever so immediately. The only people who have probably seen what really happened are the people in the secret Congress meetings. They're probably the only ones who are not being shown Photoshop-ed images of the assassinated Osama bin Laden.
Honestly, I believe Osama wasn't even half the problem to begin with. He was important no doubt. But his "death" in no way ends the trauma that terrorism inflicts upon our daily lives.
If ever, there were to be a revelation of a list which had the names of all the people that directly and in-directly, actively and passively, support terrorism, the world would be at its wits end. It would turn out to be a heart-breaking list of Army generals, politicians, bureaucrats, diplomats, foreign nationals, government employees, brainwashed college students.. the works!
I believe the issue here is, how frequently and foolishly will Pakistan get off scot-free? Why does the world continue to believe that Pakistan really was as aloof as humanly imaginable about this scenario? A 4 year old could tell the truth apart here. Why are people allowed to directly, unabashedly, shamelessly allowed to make threats to India and her people? Why does India, in all of this, always maintain such an obviously blind stand? Why would our leaders portray us to be a weak willed, highly-tolerant-of-criminal-activities sort of country to the world?
Every time something happens, we sit, watch, let it pass, and then print headlines that ask the victims and the cities to "move on". A false hope inducing headline yields nothing. Why do we continue to lie to ourselves? Why do we believe that even at this stage, things will change? There is a time and place for Gandhi-giri. This, is not one of those times. Why is it so hard for us to maintain and stick to a strict stand on such matters than affect not only national security but everything related therein? We're emotional people who jump at the first sign of violence and start hurling stones at buses, set fire to offices and vehicles. But we never take action that is actually productive. We need to understand that simply getting our point across is not going to solve anything. We need to want something more than just to be heard. We get affected easily but we don't let the cause affect us till we reach a breaking point at which we have to stand unshakable and see the solution through.
We shouldn't be turning the page over and reaching for the Entertainment or Sports section of the paper. We should be aghast at the fact that this man actually publicly threatened to attack India.
Terrorism isn't just about brainwashing people into believing violence will redeem them. It's practically a profession by now. And like any other profession, it's funded. Well enough to exist globally and continually. We need to stop chopping branches and leaves off. We need to uproot the plant.
Cut off the supply of sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to a plant, and it'll shrivel up in no time and become weak. Cut off the funds that sponsor terrorism globally, and the whole institution is wobbly. What's a better time to uproot a plant than when it's got no strength to fight back against your efforts to end its harmful effects?
