Terrorists responsible for this war

By O J George

Innocents are getting killed in Gaza. By now the count is 660 Palestinians killed and 2,700 injured. Women and children are there among the victims. Sad state of affairs indeed.

But the root-cause of all the mayhem is terrorism. Be it Hamas, Hisbullah, al-Qaeda, Lashkar, Jaish or LTTE, they are an eye-sore to civilised world. They will not want the word to live in peace. The reason could be Jehovah, Allah, Christ or someone else. The terrorists falsely believe that they are the saviours of these noble souls who do not need any saviour. Cry for you and your children, Christ told those wailing for him.

Pakistani terrorists launched an attack on India in Mumbai. They killed 180 people, including 36 Muslims. They don’t care. Jews, Americans, British and other foreigners were also done to death. If it is the Israeli style, India should have retaliated with a war on Pakistan. Thank God, it did not happen. Otherwise, thousands or even millions on both sides would have perished. Mind you, both the countries are nuclear powers. If a war is launched, after millions are decimated, the world will crave for a ceasefire. And that will occur. The net result would be the same, the terrorists would still continue to have their way.

True, blockade of support would help. LTTE terrorist Prabhakaran who killed Rajiv Gandhi is now sweating it out to live. After the US declared LTTE as a terrorist organisation, arms and funds seem to have been flowing to it at a lesser pace. No country should support terrorists, whatever be the cause they espouse.

The best way to deal with Pakistan would be to get a declaration from the world that it is a terrorist country. Sooner or later, the world will come to be convinced that Pakistan is the most terrorist-infested country in the world. All the other terrorist organisations in the world get support from those who made a haven in Pakistan. Ultimately, the US, the UK and other big powers will be forced to deal with Pakistan directly, for the terrorist activities there will only increase.