I suppose it will take something really terrible, something even worse
than 26/11 to wake up our government. Maybe something as dramatic as 9/11 attack
with thousands dying might stand a better chance, although I can’t be so sure
anymore. Nothing else can explain the pussyfooting on terrorism by the
Congress. Let me first warn you – those who say “don’t politicise terror,
terror has no religion, nation must unite, we will not succumb” are the ones
most misleading the nation. The worst of these has to be “bombs don’t know who
they kill”. These pearls of wisdom have been so drilled into our minds that
people in charge and in the media have even stopped asking the right questions.
A larger war is being confused for terrorism. A larger master-plan is being
cleverly cloaked by frequently invoking Hindu terror by politicians and the
media. The term ‘Islamic Jihad’ has even disappeared from the lexicon of the
media and government. Instead, the media wilfully sings the same song as the
Congress to spread a fear of Saffron terror. Rahul Gandhi even sets the agenda
by suggesting Hindu Terror is more dangerous than LeT. His mentor, Digvijay
Singh, takes many steps forward by clouding every terror incident by pointing
fingers at Hindu terrorists.
War on terror? Even the media keeps harping - War on terror! Hmmm! You cannot win or wage a war if you don’t even
know who your enemy is or refuse to acknowledge the reality of the enemy. And
that is Jihad.
In response to the 7/9 Delhi blast the PM stated “it’s a cowardly act”!
Seriously, it’s not the jihadis who are cowards anymore. The cowards are those
who are wilfully blind to Jihad. The
jihadis are willing to die for their cause just as a soldier in uniform is
willing to die for the nation. The Jihadis go back and report to their masters
another successful battle. What do our ministers report? They send out messages
to the people that are becoming increasingly unbearable to tolerate for us as their
bosses. The people, unfortunately, have to tolerate both – the jihadis and an
incompetent govt. It’s a lose-lose proposition for all citizens.
For the sake of argument let’s assume Hindu terror is a bigger threat
as Rahul Gandhi, Digvijay Singh and P. Chidambaram would have the nation
believe. What exactly is the objective of Hindu terrorists? Do they want to
conquer India? Do they want to over throw a democratically elected government?
At worst, these could be revenge-thirsty elements of the Hindu fringe. In
contrast the Jihadis have a long term plan. And terrorism is just one part of
their entire plan of action. I repeat, terrorism is just one part of their
overall plan.
There are pockets in India like Deganga (Bengal) where Hindus and their
temples are being repeatedly attacked and they are being forced out of town.
There are places like Miraj (Maha) and Adoni (AP) where Ganesh pandals are
frequently attacked. There are places like Ahmedabad where Rath Yatras are
frequently stoned. Sure, let’s dismiss all this as mere communal incidents. There
is a news item today which reports the Muthoot group, a finance company, which
has ordered dress codes and banned wearing of ‘bindis’. How do you explain
that? There are pockets in Kerala which administer Sharia justice by chopping
off arms. In response to the Batla house encounter some years back there were
those who smeared brave police officers. One prominent media favourite even
went to suggest muslims are like jews under the Nazis. So on hand you have the
politician-media nexus which covers up the jihadi truth and then you have
pockets where you have creeping sharia. Why? The motivation is vote bank
politics.
It is weird and even absolutely idiotic to think that every nook and
corner of a vast country like India can be secured by policing and technology.
It is impossible. Security at strategic locations is a must but you don’t win
wars by defending. You win wars by taking the offensive to the enemy. It’s as
simple as that. So who is the enemy? Terror is a strategy, it is not the enemy
by itself. Col. Allen West of the US army (now a Congressman) put it
brilliantly when he asked – “How intelligent would it be during second world
war if we identified Blitzkreig as the enemy”? Blitzkreig was a strategy, the
enemy was Hitler’s Nazi. Similarly, terror is a strategy. You cannot wage a
silly war on terror, you have to wage it against the enemy. The enemy here is
the Jihadi. And this is where the govt is wilfully blind and repeatedly fools
the nation.
Strangely the PM again made a silly statement: “Terrorists are using
loopholes in our security”. What the hell is that supposed to mean? That one
day you will eliminate all loopholes? Is that even possible? And the media can’t
stop screaming that every terror attack is a wake up call that we need ‘fool-proof’
security. Is there really anything like fool-proof security? The dunderheads
that the media assembles after every terror attack do more damage to the morale
of the nation than reassuring it. “The objective of terrorists is to strike
fear” says HM P.Chidambaram. And you didn’t get that in over 20 years of
terrorism?
The truth of the matter is that the seeds of the Jihad were sown when
the 1971 war ended. Bhutto had then declared a 1000-year holy war against
India. What you’re seeing now is that war being prosecuted by the Jihadists.
Terror is one of their tools. The jihad started 40 years ago. The one person
who has correctly identified this enemy in the media is prominent journalist
M.J. Akbar. In July 2010 he wrote an article titled “Only 960 years left”.
That’s right, of the 1000-year holy Jihad 960 are left to go. That is when
terror will end. When the Jihadists might manage to finally overthrow India’s
democracy and establish India as an Islamic Republic. The PM did say “it will
be a long war”! It is just that he doesn’t know who the war is against. Terror
is not the enemy. Jihadists are.
At the foundation of the 1000 year jihad is Pakistan. One of the finer
security experts in the media, Maroof Raza, has correctly analysed our dealings
with Pakistan as the cause of the mayhem that is continuing and will continue.
There cannot be any peace, any aman (As TOI preaches) with a country that is hell
bent on destroying India. You have the violent strategy of terror executed by
some warriors. The non-violent warriors are executing things like ‘Love-Jihad’
in Kerala. The govt fears revealing or even dealing with the truth due to
electoral concerns. So is terrorism going away soon? Forget it. Someday it
might be your turn and mine.
It is a strange irony that the first major security response to the
Delhi blast has been to enhance the security of P. Chidambaram. The
pussyfooting of the govt over issues of security and terror is best brought out
by former CBI Director, Joginder Singh. In his article “The silent invasion of India” he states “Illegal immigration from Pakistan and Bangladesh poses a
serious threat to our internal security. Thanks to vote-bank politics, our
politicians are indifferent.” That illegal population may have many enemies
within. The multiple strategy of the Jihadis – terror, demographics, cultural
terror, electoral badgering and playing victim. Before you know
it, these illegals may well be regularised by the UID scheme of the
govt. Brilliant strategy! Of these, terror gets the most attention because it
is violent, causes death and is dramatic for the media. The other not so
visible parts of this Jihad is not so visible on your screens all the time.
That is a war that is being prosecuted covertly.
The govt appoints NIA and other such outlets which have been used more
to spread the canard of saffron terror. We are yet to see at least 3 visible
and result-oriented actions by the govt. It can start by conducting a massive
combing to flush out illegals, cutting off all dialogue with Pakistan no matter
what the compulsion and declaring an official war against the Jihadis. The war
against terror is as much bullshit entertainer as your usual saas-bahu soaps on
TV. And most of all, Congress should get rid of a monumental nation-divider
like Digvijay Singh. It takes patriots to fight wars, not communal nation-dividers
like Digvijay.
If all that is not enough you have a bunch of specially appointed
interlocutors for Kashmir who want to restore the state to pre-1953 status.
Well, that is precisely what the Jihadis want too, don’t they? They want to
restore India centuries back to Islamic rule. Many citizens have woken up to
this reality. It is our govt and the compliant media that continues to suppress
the reality of the war.
The first step to winning a war is identifying the enemy. The govt and
the media will repeatedly carry us through the maze of nonsense like more
CCTVs, more beat cops, police reforms, technology … all of that can only be of
moderate defence. You don’t need “intelligence” anymore to tell you Islamic Jihadists
are your enemy. They have been so for over two decades. Going after them is the
only answer. Will the govt do so? I doubt, and so many more will die and acts
of terrorism will continue.
The Congress and the govt seem to exist not to serve the nation but the
care-taking of the dynasty and to concote election-winning populist measures and vote-banks. The secrecy of Sonia Gandhi’s illness, protecting
her from any criticism, protecting Rahul Gandhi from every failure. If that is
the chosen agenda where will the govt find the time to even start to fight the
terrorists. Tavleen Singh writes: “Dynastic democracy has so derailed
democratic processes that we have been ruled by an unelected prime minister
since 2004. He was appointed by a lady whose own entry into public life was
based wholly on marrying into the right dynasty. In recent weeks, it became
blindingly clear that what India needed most was a real prime minister…”.
Strategy expert Brahma Chellaney
tweets: "When a nation fails to execute for years a man sentenced to
death for attacking its Parliament, it will only make its courts a terror
target." Those are targets they managed to hit. Many others may very well be on
their table.
Terror is not the enemy. It’s a strategic tactic, the Jihadists are the
enemies. Will the govt have the courage to acknowledge that and begin the real
war? If they don’t, we will just have to grow up or die!
