On Tuesday 16 Dec 2008 8:08:48 pm lukhman_khan wrote: > Shiv I sincerely think that the suggestions you have posted here are > impractical. These are time consuming and cannot be done in the > current political, economic, financial setup. Moreover they are very > polite and very civilised. > < snip >
> India should first retract its policy of no first use of nuclear > weapons. To hell with the ramifications. > < snip > > > > Inspite of all the brinkmanship and more brave than you attitude > displayed by the pakistanis, they are shit scared of India. < snip > LOL! Lukhman it is very difficult to argue with your logic and what you suggest is pretty much what a lot of people feel. But I believe there is no other go - we simply must correct ourselves internally as we pay attention to what happens outside. Why do you think Raj Thackray finds it easy to attack Biharis in Mumbai but stops short of doing anything about "D-company"? D-company and Raj probably share more interests than the Indian polity would like to acknowledge. And "Shiv Sena" and its cousin MNS are "Hindutva" right? So look at Narayan Rane - ex Shiv Sena who defected and helped the oh so secular Congress form a government in Maharatshtra. And that Rane quits in a huff when he does not get "selected" for the post of Chief Minister, accusing his political colleagues of being in cahoots with terrorists, an allegation that appeared only when he was getting butt-kicked. The fact is that hawala channels, smuggling and counterfeiting, intimidation and goondagiri that are so important to terrorists are equally important to politicians and power brokers who are also criminals. Guess whom Abdul Karim Telgi named? These thoughts form the basis of my relentless stress on the fact that the US faced just one major terrorist act in 2001 and nothing after that. There has to be a major difference in the way the US has handled terrorism. Right or wrong is another matter. Pakistan too is a different matter. It is breaking apart and will continue to do so even if we sing bhajans or ghazals or light candles and hug each other at the Wagah border. But the consequences of a fissioning Pakistan will be serious and we will need to gear up for that. shiv
