[Assam] Is India a nation of Cowards?

[Ram Sarangapani]

Hi KJD,

 >Therefore,those who plunder and murder used to get unique treatment from
this nation of >cowards!!!!.

This is indeed one of the major faults with India. There have been a number
of missteps in the past - whether the GOI is dealing with ISI, Kashmiri
terrorists or the Taleban. Each and every time, the softies in the GOI have
thought it best to negotiate with ruthless terrorists and lost out.

If the Indian Parliament has passed some law that they will not negotiate
with terrorists, its probably just a feel good thing and never used.

As far as policy matters go, it is well known that countries that never
negotiate, are respected more by terrorists. The Russians, the Israelis and
the Chinese have built up a good reputation in these matters and terrorists
leave them alone.
The Chinese, in fact are known to shoot first and ask questions later.

It is very intriquing that here you have someone brutally kidnapped,
possibily tortured, and then summarily have his throat slit by "barbarians"
(read the Times of India, and host of other media), and YET you have
sympathizers expecting democratic ideals, and possibily due process - oh!
because India is a democracy.

It is no wonder that the NE boasts of so many terror/insurgency groups. They
all know that the GOI will just roll over like a good ole boy.

--Ram



On 7/1/07, kamal deka <kjit.deka at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> To the best of my knowledge,the Indian parliament had passed a piece of
> legislation last year,taking the stance of ' no negotiation,' with the
> terrorists in the event of hostage-taking.Prior to that, several events
> exemplified the " Great Indian Tradition of mercy ", which was put into
> effect only when faced with those who have a track record of extreme
> violence.Therefore,those who plunder and murder used to get unique
> treatment from this nation of cowards!!!!.Remember how Indian govt.safelyescorted two dreaded terrorists,Masood Azahar and Mustaque Zagar to
> Afghanistan ( Dec.1999 ) and how the govt.of India unconditionally
> conceded the terrorist's demand in the kidnapping of Rubbaya of J&K in
> Dec.1989.
>
> Compare India's response with Russian's reaction to the Chechen jihadis
> hostage-taking at the Palace of Culture.There were 900 hostages.Evenso,the Kremlin made only one counter offer----that the jihadis lives will be
> spared if they freed the hostages.Eventually, they had their special force
> to gas them ,killing all the jihadis along with 170 hostages,but saved more
> than 700 lives.What message they had sent to the world----don't mess with
> us!!!!
>
> KJD
>
> Is there any GOI policy of whether or not they hold talks with terrorists?
> Govts in the US, Russia, China, Israel, & I think the UK are quite firm on
> this issue. They do not overtly TALK to any terrorist.
> The Russians and the Chinese are pretty ruthless and successful in putting
> down even budding terrorist groups.
> Israel's Mossad is famous for its swift retaliations against terrorists,
> and
> they too are pretty ruthless in dealing with such groups
>
> Maybe India is just too soft in such dealings. Democracy does not mean the
> country should be dictated to by any disgruntled, rag-tag group that comes
> along.  China, Russia and Israel may be criticized, but terrorists know to
>
> usually give them a wide berth.
>
> The Russians proved that inspite of Beslan's tradegy, every one of the
> terrorist paid for it with their lives.
>
> There may be temporary losses for the Govt. but the terrorists will know,
> that they will never get a chance to negotiate with the govt. - come hell
> orhould
> high water.ad
>
> The GOI seems to be wishy-washy on this issue and doesn't seem to have a
> firm, clear-cut policy directive in dealing with terrorists.
>
> --Ram
>
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