Saturday, May 30, 2009

The changing face of terror…

Long back I had read that the even though the terrorist dies, terrorism doesn't….only its face changes.

World over countries are eliminating key terrorists, but every new day we keep on hearing of fresh attacks, fresh terrorist groups, fresh names. Osama bin laden became an household name after 9/11 attacks. Now people in India talk of Kasab as the ultimate villain. He is the current face of terror. Once the case is over and he is hung(if ever) or a new person creates more havoc than what Kasab did(God forbid), we will have a new face of terror as Kasab.

Terrorism will never end, it will keep on changing its face, its reasons, its destination. Pakistan is today swallowing its own bitter pill it had created. The reason and destination was India, but today, due to pressure, when it is trying to eliminate it , it is facing terrorism in its own backyard.

What we need to realize is that it should never be started, whether for religious reasons, fanatical reasons, whatever. Today the face created by one party for a particular reason will be eliminated, but it will leave behind many faces, with reasons far different from the original one. And so the cycle will continue……..