The Mumbai attacks are the latest in a long line of violent acts committed in the Subcontinent, stretching into the past few decades. This large swathe of land has seen far too much bloodshed and strife. You'd think someone would have stopped and thought, "hmmm, this is crazy we're all dying, maybe this isn't such a great idea." The Mumbai storyline has become a haunting refrain: violence in India and many are killed/injured, Indian government points fingers at Pakistan, Pakistan postures back vehemently, nothing happens. Waiting for Godot had nothing on the drama that is Waiting for Peace.
I'm tired, tired of hearing that the ISI is to blame, that Pakistan harbours terrorists and supports militia in Kashmir, tired of India's constant need to point the finger at Pakistan, tired of Pakistan's non-action. I don't care to find a party to blame anymore. The blame game can go on forever: so Pakistan provided a location from which these attacks were planned, what about Indian border controls and their own intelligence networks? Are they on vacation? There will be no commission like there was in the US after 9/11 to discover how the Indians missed this. But this gets us nowhere. I just want it all to end because this is helping no one.
We all need to take a good, hard look at ourselves because the world is crumbling into chaos. Nothing is secure anymore, the sanctity of life has become a farce. And how are we going to resolve the mess that is South and Central Asia? Here are some suggestions:
1. Western governments need to discontinue all military aid to this area.
2. America needs to stop bombing indiscriminately on the Pak-Afghan border. Really its not helping.
3. India and Pakistan both need to do some housekeeping and resolves failures in governance.
4. The OIC & SAARC both need to step up and work towards real cooperation and solution-brokering.
5. The UN needs to focus on Kashmir and do its job.
I don't think I'm asking for a lot.
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