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On 14/03/06, Shib wrote:

So, what do you suggest? Declare war on Pak so that we fall into another spiral of violence, lose our jawaans and win naught but crticism from around the world; or initiate riots in India, massacre the innocent members of the “minority” communities, cause bloodshed all around and make the entire India a big Gujarat; or perhaps, set up our own terrorist outfits that’ll steal into Pak and blow away landmarks, so we can become partners in causing doom??? It is easy, brother, to blame others. What would you do if you had the onus?

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Shib

Thank you for your comments.
Let me straightaway say that there are no easy answers – howevere there are some obvious responses.

First, break diplomatic ties with Pakistan & Bangladesh.
Two, attack at the roots that nourish terrorism in India – go after the funds that support these actvities (Islamic charities, middle east money routed via hawala).
Three, some kind of pre-emptive strikes against the camps across the border (details are well known and do not bear repititrion).

Four, fence the borders (esp. with Bangladesh).

As you and I both know, even these steps will not entirely stop terrorist attacks from happening – a good case in point is Israel which routinely suffers from such attacks in spite of one of the best preventive systems anywhere in the world.

The point of the article (or its conclusion) was not that we declare war against Pakistan or initiate riots or massacre groups of people – that would be dumb, irresponsible and pointless.

But I hope you will agree that we need to demonstrate resolve and show that we will not just sit back waiting for the next attack to happen.