I felt numb reading the news that 40 young men were killed in a dastardly terror attack! Those pictures reminded me of another day in Mumbai, when the terrorists from the neighbouring country wreaked havoc. The heart felt a pain.
Like every time when India lost its Bravehearts, the media uproar started. "we need revenge", was the audible discourse. Hashtag #pulwamaavenge was trending widely. Every Indian got really riled up. And got ready for revenge.
So how to get revenge? How do you avenge a terrorist attack?
The terrorist who is ready to kill is ready to die. In fact that one man who executed the job is already dead. He was ready to die and so no point even talking about it. What next? The planners and the others involved in the logistics of the killing should be the next target. But do we know where they live? If only we had known!
So let us imagine they live in the neighbouring country. And we get ready to do another surgical strike! or a war! The soldiers, sadly the very same group which had lost its friends, will be sent again. Deep into the war-torn territories. The territory of bloodthirsty warmongers. Is it safe to do that? What guarantee will we have that not one of ours will not be killed again? Or at least the guarantee that we will kill only the planners of this gruesome attack without any other innocent life lost.
And even if there is the remote possibility of everything going on perfectly and we killed only those who planned and executed this gruesome attack; What next? Another group will come! And we will be avenging another attack.
And lest we forget, we(both us and the neighbours) are nuclear countries. One wrong move and we would end up fighting nuclear wars destroying a million lives.
So where do we start? Can we just leave this incident aside?
Nope! The terrorist who executed the plan was a young boy who lived and worked in Kashmir(India) for most of his life. We had done something terribly wrong to have made another young man take this route. We will go to the root of this as a problem and solve it. Let not another young Kashmiri boy take this route.
And before everything else, this is a huge intelligence failure. Do a thorough study; Plug in the gaps. 40Kg of bombs brought in to the country without our notice is a shame. It cannot have happened without involving locals. Catch hold of them and punish them! India cannot afford another terror module developing inside our territory.
And seal the porous borders! I understand it is very very difficult. But do we have a choice?
The only way to avenge terrorism is to prevent them from entering the territory again and not let our people enter the terrorist gangs.
Like every time when India lost its Bravehearts, the media uproar started. "we need revenge", was the audible discourse. Hashtag #pulwamaavenge was trending widely. Every Indian got really riled up. And got ready for revenge.
So how to get revenge? How do you avenge a terrorist attack?
The terrorist who is ready to kill is ready to die. In fact that one man who executed the job is already dead. He was ready to die and so no point even talking about it. What next? The planners and the others involved in the logistics of the killing should be the next target. But do we know where they live? If only we had known!
So let us imagine they live in the neighbouring country. And we get ready to do another surgical strike! or a war! The soldiers, sadly the very same group which had lost its friends, will be sent again. Deep into the war-torn territories. The territory of bloodthirsty warmongers. Is it safe to do that? What guarantee will we have that not one of ours will not be killed again? Or at least the guarantee that we will kill only the planners of this gruesome attack without any other innocent life lost.
And even if there is the remote possibility of everything going on perfectly and we killed only those who planned and executed this gruesome attack; What next? Another group will come! And we will be avenging another attack.
And lest we forget, we(both us and the neighbours) are nuclear countries. One wrong move and we would end up fighting nuclear wars destroying a million lives.
So where do we start? Can we just leave this incident aside?
Nope! The terrorist who executed the plan was a young boy who lived and worked in Kashmir(India) for most of his life. We had done something terribly wrong to have made another young man take this route. We will go to the root of this as a problem and solve it. Let not another young Kashmiri boy take this route.
And before everything else, this is a huge intelligence failure. Do a thorough study; Plug in the gaps. 40Kg of bombs brought in to the country without our notice is a shame. It cannot have happened without involving locals. Catch hold of them and punish them! India cannot afford another terror module developing inside our territory.
And seal the porous borders! I understand it is very very difficult. But do we have a choice?
The only way to avenge terrorism is to prevent them from entering the territory again and not let our people enter the terrorist gangs.
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