Inaction by our Government

It is really frustrating, how after every terror attack, we do nothing, except introducing new laws. Personally I want India to go on war with Pakistan. I agree it is a very complicated issue. War is not easy for countries and its population.

But the best thing I heard or rather read while chatting with my brother-in-law is that war is not the solution. He said, if a thief enters our house, what do we do. If we are able to catch him, we give him a fitting reply. Everybody has got his own idea of fitting reply. Beat the thief black and blue yourself or see to it that he is handed over to the police. This we do to send a message to others in line. If you are caught, this will be your condition also.

Similarly, instead of going on war, we should deal very sharply with the caught terrorist. We should give them such a punishment that others would be afraid to do the same mistake. Might sound easy. But aren't we dealing with hardcore terrorists. So the punishment should also be equally harsh.

Our police was "afraid" of taking Qasab to the court, "fearing" that he might be attacked on the way. They were not fearing his escape. They were fearing his death. Are we so soft hearted that we are "afraid" of a terrorist dying. Are we so afraid, that our judicial system had to lift its butt out of the chair and go and meet the terrorist in jail.

We shouldn't be the one who should be afraid. We should create a fear psychosis in the mind of such people, see some is out there to lynch you, to kill you. Some one, maybe even your own friends, would love to see you dead. We Indians, as it is want to see you dead, so your safety is of least importance to us.

But unfortunately, he is our priced catch, we have to present him to US and UK, but not to the Indians, who have suffered mentally, that this attack by him, could have been right next to us. We Indians had lost our sleep, glued to the Television in the night of the attack. For US and UK it was a bright Thanksgiving Day. Their Governments went into action. Their federal agencies were quick to come and interrogate Mr. Qasab. Who knows, if they wanted to know about the Mumbai attack, or if Qasab knows about any future attacks in their territory. But what has our Government done, except to change the Chief Minister, Home Minister? What happened to the ultimatum given to Pakistan or has our IST(INDIAN STANDARD TIME) being brought into effect. The ultimatum might not be over by the next attack also. And it will be only because of Government inaction.

But I do agree with my brother-in-law, if a stranger attacks our house, we should be ready to guard it first, we should teach him a lesson. Maybe the next time, if we are lucky enough, we should get hold of these terrorists and teach them what this country means to us.