Mumbai attack was un-expected, painful, blatant and protracted.
Even if I wish the Politicians will not disappear (afterall I support democracy) nor will the intrepid TV journalist disappear. However it really makes me wonder who the TV network was working for - the people of India or the Terrorists? Imagine where else could the terrorist have been able to get a live feed of the operations - they don’t need AWACS or expensive high resolution cameras mounted on un-manned aircrafts to figure out when the Army commandos are slithering down the rope or when the commando is getting ready to rush the location, all the terrorist has to do is switch on the TV!
Coming to the issue – SECURITY – well there is enough being spoken on the many thousands of NSG elite brigades being available to the politicians for their ‘security’. Or the state of weapons that our ‘security’ has – imagine in today’s world a 303 fighting against the AK 47’s. Look at the audacious picture in the newspaper of a friend of the CM / Home Minster of the state passing through the ‘security’ channel wearing a personal weapon that never gets detected by the expensive electronic detectors. That is the SECURITY that we have.
The country is baying for the Politicians for action – some say pre-emptive strikes while others talk of full fledged war. My question is - what action are YOU and I taking in these extra-ordinary times. Extra-ordinary times require extra-ordinary measures for security. It requires action from us (and I am not talking about switching off the TV set so that you don’t get to hear about it!)
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