.....participation to fight terrorism

Jayant Umranikar, the former police commissioner of Pune has written an article in Sunday Sakal, discussing different aspects of dealing with terrorism. Though I felt a lot to agree and many things to debate, I am dealing with just one point he has said. He has refered to the IA flight hijack episode of few years ago. He has said that loud demonstration by relatives of abductees forced the government into knealing in front of the terrorists and has opned doors for future abductions as tools in the hands of terrorists. Looked in isolation this point may look very impressive, but an officer of his stature should deal with broader understanding. (Or i dont know if it is deliberate). Let me remind that Kandahar was not the first instance. I remember atleast one instance when a politicians keen was freed in exchange of terrorists' demands. Wasnt that a precedence that need to be talked about first? People today have so much faith in politicians and high officials that they know for sure that unless they should loud and hoarse they will be mercilessly made sacrificial lambs while politicians and officials make merry. What might have enabled those people to stake the lives of their abducted relatives and stand united behind the country would have been a solid affidavit or declaration by the President, Prime Minister and all his ministry stating that if such an incidence were to occur with their relatives they would not ask for any negotiations. If this was to be followed by all high politicians and officials including the respected officers like MR. Umranikar then, probably, those people would have acted differently. 

Mr. Officer, Sir, it is so easy to offer big statements from high dias. Let us see higer ups acting even a part of what you are preaching. Let the Lords lead and commoners will follow.

Have you seen the movie 'Farenheit 9/11'? When in Amrican Senate and Congress there were big loud speeches asking citizens to participate in war on terror, urging youngsters to join army to fight in Iraq, these same senators and congressmen were asked to sign a statement asking their urging their own children to join the army. Not a single one, I repeat not a single politician, signed such a statement. And we see what has happened of that War on Terror and of those young americans who lost their lives or limbs in that same war on terror.