I can not talk about anything but India. The terror that lasted about 60 hours and took nearly 200 precious lives including police officers and foreign nationals has left all shocked and seeking lots of answers. Many have lost their loved ones and are still trying to accept that reality but they all are very very angry and frustrated.
India’s Prime Minister said in his address to nation that those behind these coordinated attacks in Mumbai were based “outside the country”, so did the Indian Foreign Minister. The press reports about interrogation of the sole surviving terrorist who is being interrogated in Mumbai point fingers to terror networks operating in Pakistan who are believed to have planned this attack and trained these militants.
Indians have short memory and are used to forgiveness but the fact is that India has never acted with enough force and conviction to fight this terror. Here we can indeed blame the system. Whether it was the 1999 proxy war in Kargil or the 2001 attack on Indian parliament things die down after an initial hoopla.
Let’s hope its different this time !!
Indian public should stand up and demand implementation of a series of drastic measures to eliminate terror networks operating out of Pakistan. Its no more a question of ‘providing evidence’ to the government in Pakistan but time for a severe action. This attack on India’s pride, dignity and sovereignty can not go unpunished. This is the least we can do for those who lost their lives during this Mumbai siege.
