We need one more Committee to fix up this Mess

69 Sierra has rightly said we Indians are too tolerant to the extent of being spineless. The way our politicians are shooting from their mouths would give a complex to any Marco. We are more than happy forwarding chain mails propagating the Myth that India is the next super power or the fact that India gave the world the number Zero. It is ironical that Zero has no value.

Our standard reaction to such disturbing events seems to be blaming our betenoir cum neighbor “PAKISTAN”. Are we such an impotent nation incapable of taking any action? To start with why can’t we cut all links economic, air, land and sea? If we cannot flex our military muscle we can surely flex our economic muscle. The way the Americans have responded to the 9/11 should be an eye opener for us. I don’t remember the democrats criticizing the Bush administration for gaining political mileage. We have to make our politicians accountable too. Remember this is election time. Where have the likes propagating the notion “Maratha Manoos” gone?

One more standard response is to set up a committee. By the time the committee submits its report after infinite extensions there would have been an Air attack, a cyber attack or some other form of attack which our mind cannot conceive right now. What has happened to all those GOM studies and recommendations? They must have gathered enough dust to make a dust storm or a dust attack.

We know the ground realities, how well trained we are and the level of motivation . Soldiering is a professional job whether it is the CPOs or the Defence Forces. If you treat them like daily wagers then they will act like one. It is heart wrenching to see these guys move from one extreme part of the country to another extreme part to conduct elections. We pride ourselves on being the world’s largest democracy. If elections need so much security then what sort of democracy is this?

Another interesting discussion is regarding the setting up of a Federal Investigation agency. This agency should not be a place to “cool the heels” for those elite services which have only one agenda and we know what. Lateral entries should be allowed only in case of permanent absorption. The agencies like CBI, RAW and IB should be allowed to grow on their own with little dependence on Officers on deputation, only then we can expect something tangible from them. This applies to specialized border guarding forces like BSF/ITBP/SSB also.