! This post hasn't been updated in over a year. A lot can change in a year including my opinion and the amount of naughty words I use. There's a good chance that there's something in what's written below that someone will find objectionable. That's fine, if I tried to please everybody all of the time then I'd be a Lib Dem (remember them?) and I'm certainly not one of those. The point is, I'm not the kind of person to try and alter history in case I said something in the past that someone can use against me in the future but just remember that the person I was then isn't the person I am now nor the person I'll be in a year's time.
Not a huge amount has changed overnight other than troops surrounding the two hotels where the terrorists are holding hostages and the death toll increasing.
Last night they estimated that about 20 or so people had been killed, this morning they’re saying it’s 101. Eighteen police officers are amongst the 101 dead, including Mumbai state’s chief anti-terrorism officer.
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Here is my Hypothesis of how the Mumbai terrorist attack was made possible:
The Pakistan Marine Agency has been kidnapping and capturing Indian fishing vessels for the last 5 years. Look at this news link:
http://www.hvk.org/articles/0603/176.html
Pakistan then puts these kidnapped fishermen into jail and periodically decides to either release them or to keep them languishing in jail depending on whether it wants to take favors from India to release its citizens languishing in Indian jails for much more heinous crimes.
The Indian government has done nothing, zilch, nada in the last many years to take care of the above situation.
The terrorists apparently took this situation a step further. They took the help of the Pakistan Marine Agency to kill/kidnap and hijack an Indian fishing trawler. Next they loaded up the vessel with explosives and grenades manufactured in Pakistani factories. Finally they entered Mumbai (with all their prior research and review of the cities famous landmarks and their floor plans) and launched these attacks.
Conclusion: The above goes to show that there are several factors leading to this tragedy:
1) the lackadaisical attitude of the government in dealing firmly with Pakistan
2) the apathy of Indian citizens who were happy to be tolerant and look the other way
3) the absence of policing security and law system that protects the citizenry proactively
4) the lack of political will to impose strong laws – the Congress is a leader on this
5) the willingness to negotiate with terrorists – the BJP created a horrible precedent during the Indian
Airlines hijacking incident few years ago
6) the lack of cool self-assessment of what India’s strengths and weaknesses are in the security and law/order area
7) opening up of borders with Pakistan – a country that is predominantly lawless and where the government only pretends to govern. We have spent too much time trying to build a relationship with a government that cannot control its internal environment
ignoring the dangers posed by allowing Pakistanis to enter Indian territory by air, land and water without realizing the dangers it would pose to Indian lives
9) constant interference in the functioning of the defence forces by the Indian government
10) not investing in intelligence, security and training that is world class to ensure that the police can deal with such incidents
11) agnostic Indian citizen psyche that refuses to get united and is happy in living in denial untill they are not personally attacked
12) a citizenry that does not hold its politicians responsible for their actions.
Amit, your points summarize my feelings in a nutshell. I’m not sure which appalls me more: the inefficiency of the elected government in dealing with the situation or the lack of confidence/authority among the people to question the people they placed in power. As a nation I despair that we will ever create a society governed by responsible, accountable political powers.
I don’t understand why international support is yet to be forthcoming. Considering the hullaballo around squashing terrorism, I would have thought it would have occurred to people that any terrorist victory in any part of the world goes to strengthen them. Period. We need unity on a global basis to counter this. Move beyond patriotism on a country level and come together as humans.
Ok, well that’s one possibility and I don’t have enough knowledge of the local politics down there to know whether that’s likely or not. But nobody knows who Deccan Mujahadeen is yet already there are people claiming to be experts on the TV saying “well, we think they’re linked to these two groups”. It started off really vague yesterday morning and by last night it was almost as if it had been proven when it hasn’t – they still don’t know who they are or what they’re about.
I AGREE TO THIS COMPLETELY
By Amit
The above goes to show that there are several factors leading to this tragedy:
1) the lackadaisical attitude of the government in dealing firmly with Pakistan
2) the apathy of Indian citizens who were happy to be tolerant and look the other way
3) the absence of policing security and law system that protects the citizenry proactively
4) the lack of political will to impose strong laws – the Congress is a leader on this
5) the willingness to negotiate with terrorists – the BJP created a horrible precedent during the Indian
Airlines hijacking incident few years ago
6) the lack of cool self-assessment of what India’s strengths and weaknesses are in the security and law/order area
7) opening up of borders with Pakistan – a country that is predominantly lawless and where the government only pretends to govern. We have spent too much time trying to build a relationship with a government that cannot control its internal environment
ignoring the dangers posed by allowing Pakistanis to enter Indian territory by air, land and water without realizing the dangers it would pose to Indian lives
9) constant interference in the functioning of the defence forces by the Indian government
10) not investing in intelligence, security and training that is world class to ensure that the police can deal with such incidents
11) agnostic Indian citizen psyche that refuses to get united and is happy in living in denial untill they are not personally attacked
12) a citizenry that does not hold its politicians responsible for their actions.
and i dont think anythink else is needed apart from payin a lil more attention to this: 11) agnostic Indian citizen psyche that refuses to get united and is happy in living in denial untill they are not personally attacked
12) a citizenry that does not hold its politicians responsible for their actions.
This is a heieonous crime and anyone involved should be brought to answer the cause. Humanity and Human life has no value. I think this the biggest attack seen by us.
One of the things to learn of these terrorist attacks is the giant leap that terrorism has taken towards professionalism. Unfortunately, we will have to learn to live with this.
http://www.ginovandewalle.com/terrorism-part-ii/