I am not sure what message are what message are we sending out by this Indian Premier League T-20 Cricket date drama:
(a) India is as unsafe as Pakistan
(b) When there are elections in India, the police and the armed forces cannot protect anyone else
(c) To obtain protection you need to allow political advertisements
(d) All of the above
Among all the reactions I saw on TV last night on the Lahore day light terror attack, the one by Kapil Dev made sense the most. He talks the way he used to play. Neat and from the guts.
We should help Pakistan to become a peaceful country, but we can help them only if they want to help themselves.These are not his exact words, but you get the idea.
If the Government of India asks me to play I will play in Pakistan. If the government says don't play, I will not. The politicians should take wise decisions. We are like soldiers in uniform. Once we wear Indian colours we do what is told to us.Or something similar. TRP ratings. It does strange things to people.
Obama is making all the right moves. So far ...
If what Guardian says is correct and Obama is actually in the process of drafting a letter to open up direct contact with Iran, he is sending out two important signals:
a) A majority of terrorists are Muslims, but all Muslims are not terrorists.
and
b) The world needs all help to neutralize terrorism.
Pakistan and Afghanistan is the hub of most terror attacks now (and by many accounts, of all future ones too). Iran provides a good access route to Afghanistan. Though I do not believe that Iran will open up access routes into Afghanistan the way Pakistan did, a friendly Iran is better than an hostile one.
My other posts on terrorism:
http://churn-news.blogspot.com/2008/11/real-terrorists.html
http://churn-news.blogspot.com/2008/11/countering-terrorism-simple-solution.html
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