Are we safe?
This is going to be a sad dossier of a seemingly helpless individual. The question at hand is the ever burning “Are we safe?”. Well leaving the stock political leadership rhetoric aside and looking at the situation from a slightly different viewpoint, the answer is clear. It’s a resounding NO. Simply because there is a gross failure of intelligence infrastructure and a strong inaction on the part of the powers that be.
One thing is very clear – The terror infrastructure has spread its tentacles across the length and breath of the country. The network is growing and gaining active support. you try to track one down, another one takes its place – a proverbial V2.0 which is more determined, more powerful and more destructive than its predecessor.
There are basically 2 ways to attack the problem. Rather I should rephrase it to say that a two pronged approach is required to deal with the problem. Firstly, try to catch hold of and destroy the supply pipeline of these organizations. By Supply I mean ammo, cash and any thing of this sort. Secondly strike at the base and hit them where it hurts the most. Use brute force to clear out the organization in one clean sweep, bring back the POTA/TADA and whatever and deal the problem with an Iron hand.
But the current state of political inaction is surprising. After all blasts and its seemingly macabre aftermath we see our leaders scrambling for vote bank politics. Shame, it’s a big shame. And the intelligence publishes all reports after the damage has been done – what were they waiting for ? Dommsday to strike?
Its not that we cant do this. Punjab in the 80s was in the same state and terrorism was successfully eliminated. But it did require the iron fist of KPS Gill (the then DGP Punjab Police) and the backing of the government to cleanse a state. The problem at hand is a bigger one, with a network of terror cells expanding by the day and it will require much effort to clean even if the process is started today. We have a precedent and we can repeat it.
Till then , sad to say, security in India is a joke!
One thing is very clear – The terror infrastructure has spread its tentacles across the length and breath of the country. The network is growing and gaining active support. you try to track one down, another one takes its place – a proverbial V2.0 which is more determined, more powerful and more destructive than its predecessor.
There are basically 2 ways to attack the problem. Rather I should rephrase it to say that a two pronged approach is required to deal with the problem. Firstly, try to catch hold of and destroy the supply pipeline of these organizations. By Supply I mean ammo, cash and any thing of this sort. Secondly strike at the base and hit them where it hurts the most. Use brute force to clear out the organization in one clean sweep, bring back the POTA/TADA and whatever and deal the problem with an Iron hand.
But the current state of political inaction is surprising. After all blasts and its seemingly macabre aftermath we see our leaders scrambling for vote bank politics. Shame, it’s a big shame. And the intelligence publishes all reports after the damage has been done – what were they waiting for ? Dommsday to strike?
Its not that we cant do this. Punjab in the 80s was in the same state and terrorism was successfully eliminated. But it did require the iron fist of KPS Gill (the then DGP Punjab Police) and the backing of the government to cleanse a state. The problem at hand is a bigger one, with a network of terror cells expanding by the day and it will require much effort to clean even if the process is started today. We have a precedent and we can repeat it.
Till then , sad to say, security in India is a joke!
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