06-01-2009, 02:26 PM
Nareshji,
I do appreciate your concern over the issue. However, I would like to submit that nothing worthwhile will come out of the whole exercise. The fact is that the attack has taken place and we have failed to prevent the same. Whether individuals in Pakistan or certain elements within the establishment there have been responsible for the save landing of the terrorist near the Gateway of India, is at this point of time a rather academic discussion. Beating up a dying criminal is of no use, except that it may provide mental satisfaction to a few individuals.
You will agree that the whole world knows, as well as all Pakistani decision makers know of the involvement of Pakistan in terrorist activities directed against India from across the border. The Mumbai attack is perhaps the first large scale one across the sea. In the past the attacks have been carried out across the land border. This is perhaps the reason why we have been caught off guard. Of course, this cannot be accepted as an excuse for our lapse.
The need of the hour is to revamp our own security apparatus. There is no point in expecting that Pakistan will take such stringent measures that no terrorist acts can be committed against India from that country. This is simply not possible and should not be expected in the given situation. Intention or no intention, no Government in that country can or will be in a position to ensure our total security. You are more conversant than me of the internal situation in Pakistan and how strong the writ of the present Government runs. So it is better not to undertake any futile exercise which will in any way contribute to our own security.
Instead of wasting our energy and effort in doing postmortem of the sequence of events, given the fact that the world including Pakistan leadership have acknowledged that elements in Pakistan have been responsible for the Mumbai attack, we should now concentrate on reorganizing and modernizing our security apparatus.
I do appreciate your concern over the issue. However, I would like to submit that nothing worthwhile will come out of the whole exercise. The fact is that the attack has taken place and we have failed to prevent the same. Whether individuals in Pakistan or certain elements within the establishment there have been responsible for the save landing of the terrorist near the Gateway of India, is at this point of time a rather academic discussion. Beating up a dying criminal is of no use, except that it may provide mental satisfaction to a few individuals.
You will agree that the whole world knows, as well as all Pakistani decision makers know of the involvement of Pakistan in terrorist activities directed against India from across the border. The Mumbai attack is perhaps the first large scale one across the sea. In the past the attacks have been carried out across the land border. This is perhaps the reason why we have been caught off guard. Of course, this cannot be accepted as an excuse for our lapse.
The need of the hour is to revamp our own security apparatus. There is no point in expecting that Pakistan will take such stringent measures that no terrorist acts can be committed against India from that country. This is simply not possible and should not be expected in the given situation. Intention or no intention, no Government in that country can or will be in a position to ensure our total security. You are more conversant than me of the internal situation in Pakistan and how strong the writ of the present Government runs. So it is better not to undertake any futile exercise which will in any way contribute to our own security.
Instead of wasting our energy and effort in doing postmortem of the sequence of events, given the fact that the world including Pakistan leadership have acknowledged that elements in Pakistan have been responsible for the Mumbai attack, we should now concentrate on reorganizing and modernizing our security apparatus.