Terrorist Scum Strike New Delhi
Dean
Well, it appears that radical Kashmir separatists killed 61 people and injured many more on Saturday. No claimed ties to Al Qaeda as yet, but I would imagine it's only a matter of time before groups like this seek such ties.
Here's the thing: stable and prosperous democracies generally speaking do not react in ways that terrorists want, most of the time. Despite whatever impressions you may have from movies or from history, India today is just such a place, with a rapidly growing middle class, rapidly rising standards of living, and clear and undeniable movement toward greater and greater civil and political freedom. They are in fact the largest liberal democracy in the world today.
I predict therefore that this event will cause India to be more determined than ever not to give up either its dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir, and yet more determined than ever to work with Pakistan to get and keep the borders open in cooperation with Pakistan.
The real question is, how will Pakistan's far less prosperous and free government react?
One thing though, despite the lack of sophistication, and despite lacking the law-enforcement expertise of either the USA or the UK, I think the Indians might stand a better chance of extirpating Islamofascist movement on the subcontinent. And the reason for this is something that I dont know whether to be enthusiastic about or not. That is, the Indian Govt at both the State and Federal level are not averse to using torture, or, their readiness to put curbs on the leftist press as well as NGOs, that are pro-terrorist. Say for example, in India, the likes of Cindy Sheehan, Daily Kos, and othe terrorist supporters lk ewe have in the USA dont exist for long. This might win the war against muslim terrorists, but, what will it do to Indian society in the long run? I wonder