Pulwama attack is not just a ‘horrible situation’ as the US president described the other day. It was a tragic act of surrogate war on all counts. Response to an act of war can be war. However, in a responsible world, war is fought only when other means are exhausted. It also depends on the capacity to wage war. Where does India stand on the track of engaging Pakistan? Lost in the muddle of governance? Incensed by the wicked rivalry among politicians beyond nation? Ambushed by the selective deception of the country by shady and powerful citizens in all walks of life including universities? Ignorance of its people? It’s all of them and more.
India has been ludicrously on edge with Pakistan since the day of partition. The Shimla Accord (1972) called for better relations between the two countries. However, Pakistan shifted gears based on despotic policies of greedy dictators supported by opportune friends. Terror became the grand strategy with attractive collateral reparations to the players in and out of Pakistan. Terror gained momentum in 1989. Soon it became mortal, the perfect scenario for the lucrative and heinous transnational organised crimes to thrive – trafficking in arms, drugs and people (Crimes-3). They offer unimaginable power and wealth to the players and stakeholders to the bottom. They can bend governments and decide on the style of governance. Though different by design and format, they are congruent for a crime trafficker. The money from Crimes-3 turns the Planet red. The socio-political hyenas around and far drink the blood of innocents irrespective of nationality, including their own, almost every day
In this blood games, Pulwama is not an isolated situation. It is just another painful incident along the line. More will come. The terror chain is already 40-year long in India.
Within the threat matrix cube (Paleri, 2002), terrorism is multidimensional with intensity varying with time. For India, the threat is already formed and developing. The point of hit, or the target, changes. Intelligence holds the key in such a case. It has to be clear that intelligence is not information or grapevine, but the intention of the ‘other side’. The threat of terror hits the target every time intelligence slips. This is also applicable to the threat relative to the target. It can be monitored (not elaborated further). The exactness of the movement of the convoy was intelligence for the suicide SUV in a planned attack
Threat matrix cube (Paleri, 2008)
Figure 1. Threat matrix cube (For use in the fly box approach for threat perception) (Source: Paleri, P. (2002). Role of the coast guard in the maritime security of India. Delhi: Knowledge world)
The convoy in Pulwama was handed over to the blood-thirsty and unchained Shayatin in a platter by the informer outfit within. This is the case in most of the terror attacks in India. Who says the nation is important and humanity is a family? Indians do mutter about it without knowing the blood-sucking ticks hiding within enjoying all benefits and more. This applies to every country. What if the people elect a home minister who may open the gate to terror, or a defence minister who may split the armed forces, tomorrow? Voters are not aware of the ante force and the harm it can cause.
The convoy in Pulwama was handed over to the blood-thirsty and unchained Shayatin in a platter by the informer outfit within. This is the case in most of the terror attacks in India. Who says the nation is important and humanity is a family? Indians do mutter about it without knowing the blood-sucking ticks hiding within enjoying all benefits and more. This applies to every country. What if the people elect a home minister who may open the gate to terror, or a defence minister who may split the armed forces, tomorrow? Voters are not aware of the ante force and the harm it can cause.
The convoy in Pulwama was handed over to the blood-thirsty and unchained Shayatin in a platter by the informer outfit within. This is the case in most of the terror attacks in India. Who says the nation is important and humanity is a family? Indians do mutter about it without knowing the blood-sucking ticks hiding within enjoying all benefits and more. This applies to every country. What if the people elect a home minister who may open the gate to terror, or a defence minister who may split the armed forces, tomorrow? Voters are not aware of the ante force and the harm it can cause.
All these lead to the fact that terror in and from Pakistan is not likely to be abated. It is visible in the gradient. India and other countries including China need to be prepared for a long drawn self and joint examination. China knows, but won’t show. India vacillates as governments change. Pakistan is blinded.
All these lead to the fact that terror in and from Pakistan is not likely to be abated. It is visible in the gradient. India and other countries including China need to be prepared for a long drawn self and joint examination. China knows, but won’t show. India vacillates as governments change. Pakistan is blinded.
There is a lot India can do. It doesn’t have to learn from anybody. Because it is the best in the game of counter-terrorism. No other country has such an experience. However, it is still learning to tackle terror supported from within by the inhuman breakers of the motherland. In the meantime, the centripetal forces keep India together.
It is time for the politicians from India to understand that they have to be together in the fight against terrorism. Well, that is, if they love their country more than their bank accounts. The country is undoubtedly getting weak. The government should nail and expose the turncoats who support the enemy for individual benefits. Terror, wherever it is, can enter only with insider support. The span of terrorism in India and Pakistan is longer than that of an elected government. This is a serious limitation if political opportunism prevails. It will disrupt policies on zero tolerance to terror. Terror can overlap and ride the governments in the long run. It has already happened in Pakistan.
It is time for the politicians from India to understand that they have to be together in the fight against terrorism. Well, that is, if they love their country more than their bank accounts. The country is undoubtedly getting weak. The government should nail and expose the turncoats who support the enemy for individual benefits. Terror, wherever it is, can enter only with insider support. The span of terrorism in India and Pakistan is longer than that of an elected government. This is a serious limitation if political opportunism prevails. It will disrupt policies on zero tolerance to terror. Terror can overlap and ride the governments in the long run. It has already happened in Pakistan.
Simultaneously, India should turn around not only China but also Pakistan, the State, against terrorism and jointly sanitise the terrain including Uyghur permanently by socio-politico-military involvements. It will make a winner for all. The help of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia may be taken. Why the Saudis? Because they have a longer span of governance similar to China and are reasonable (as it seems). This is not a glittering wish or fantasy dream but a very practical idea of diplomacy sans deceit in the geostrategic context.
In the meantime, the government and the people should know that there is no magical glue to fix terrorism urgently or temporarily.
The last heard is the hasty decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to isolate India in hosting future sports and Olympic-related events for denying visas to Pakistani shooters to participate in the World Cup event. It is one of the fallouts of Pulwama – an opportunity to squeeze the victim. The victim is questioned, not the perpetrator. This has killed India’s ambition to host the Youth Olympics in 2026, the Asian Games in 2030 and the Summer Olympics for the first time in 2032. The world needs to take notice of such despicable actions. Or, alternatively, hail terrorism with a Nazi salute.
The last heard is the hasty decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to isolate India in hosting future sports and Olympic-related events for denying visas to Pakistani shooters to participate in the World Cup event. It is one of the fallouts of Pulwama – an opportunity to squeeze the victim. The victim is questioned, not the perpetrator. This has killed India’s ambition to host the Youth Olympics in 2026, the Asian Games in 2030 and the Summer Olympics for the first time in 2032. The world needs to take notice of such despicable actions. Or, alternatively, hail terrorism with a Nazi salute.
Where does it take India? The people have to decide. People last longer than governments.
Arms and ammo – the backyard industry in Pakistan
In the ‘70s Mao forced the Chinese to make steel in backyard furnaces. It turned out to be disastrous. Today in Pakistan, people make arms and ammo in the backyard that the hapless government can only watch with a blind eye. A small factory, as big as a motor garage, turns out a thousand guns a day. The pistols are cheaper than a cell phone at the point of origin. They carry ‘Made as China’ marks. Not sure whether it is bad English or clever marketing gimmick with embeded disclaimer. Everything destructive made in Pakistan is surrogated to China. Are Chinese listening? The Italian machines in the backyard garages can even make imitation Kalashnikovs. Where is the market?
