Hakitvah's Mumbai View

I am still speechless about the Mumbai situation. We have been thrown into the most challenging situations. I could figure out only 2 reasons for the terrorists to single out foreigners as hostages:

1. to show India's inability to protect foreign citizens

2. even if India resorts to no-negotiation policy, it can risk its own citizens, but risking lives of foreigners leads to unending diplomatic troubles

I completely agree with Mufaazaa when he says that we are more worried about our daily bread & butter than our sovereignity & right to life. But I hardly agree when he says that our government is not taking the right steps. I am not saying that it is acting "perfectly", as the Americans COULD do. But, I am reminded of Chechenya where the Russians tried to gas the terrorists & ended up killing hundreds of hostages along with them, many children. We have seen similar situations in many other places.

Anti-terrorist operations are too difficult to even comment upon. We can only trust our army to carry on its job, to the best of its ability. We should be ashamed to say that we cannot equip our army technologically, and yet they are ready to risk their lives for us. That, in itself, is a greater sacrifice than anyone among us can ever muster to lay down.

The politicians, the lesser it is said about them, the better. No single politician can ever have taken the right step. Why should we expect them to perform any differently now? We are seeing the effects of our long term "Chalta He" attitude. That is where Hakitvah hits me.

While I am still speechless, I wonder what it is that I could have done, that would have been able to change the situation by even a fraction positively....

I still look for answers........