By now we’ve all heard the carnage that happened in Mumbai. Though I’m appalled by these terrorist attacks, I feel sort of apathetic to the whole situation. There is nothing new under the sun.
Is terrorism new? No. Are terrorist attacks against India new? No. From the time I can remember, it was a fact of life that Kashmir continued to be terrorised by similar heinous acts. So when the 9/11 attacks happened and a big deal was made about it, I was like, there is nothing new here. I had grown desensitized by the amount and frequency of evil that was being committed continuously in my own home country. By the way, is the fact that the Indian PM blaming Pakistan for terror attacks new? Hell no! Why would he want to break that ugly tradition? Rather than apologising for the lapses in the security of his own land, the guy starts playing the blame game! How sad. All I can say is clean your own house dude. And before you do that, take that plank outta your eye.
I’ve always thought that terrorists are cowards (counter intuitively) who can’t fight a straight up war against an army. During the majority of the times they use self-destructive tactics (hence, the counter intuitiveness) aiming for the maximum number of unarmed innocent lives they can possibly take. For the past few days I have struggled to understand the thought processes that would have led to undertaking such a level of attack. *sigh* Extremism. Is it new? No. There is nothing new under the sun.
