Flunking the Intelligence Test

I agree with analysis presented in this article, however, they missed a few important points. I have written an article describing the political factors which led to intelligence agencies being caught unawares of the terror attacks in Mumbai:
http://commonsensetopics.blogspot.com/2008/11/mumbai-terror-attacks-colossal.html

http://commonsensetopics.blogspot.com/2008/11/mumbai-terror-attacks-colossal.html

Here is a partial list of people who opposed the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) in India.

1. Shabana Azmi (Actress, Muslim, Marxist)
2. Arundhati Roy (Writer, Christian, Marxist)
3. MJ Akbar (Journalist, Muslim, Marxist)
4. Teesta Setalvad (social worker, Hindu, Marxist)

We request Newsweek to interview these personalities and get their opinions. But we can predict the response.

1. Western philosophy will be copiously used. Plato and Aristotle will be quoted. Marx, Engels, class-warfare, caste-warfare will be quoted. Sartre and Camus will be quoted. But there will be no condemnation of the terrorists.

2. Islam will be praised. The Catholic Church will be praised. Anything remotely Indian or Hindu will be abused. From the lowliest beggar to the greatest scientist - all will be damned (as long as they are Hindu). But there will be no condemnation of the terrorists.

3. Some anti-social act on a minority person will be obtained. In a nation of over a billion, how difficult can it be? This event will be played again and again. Each time with a slight variation, each time with a different commentary, with a different color and context. The western media, starved of sensationalism, is more than happy to oblige. Credibility is provided by the addition of one or more of these intellectuals. The original incident is now magnified a thousand times, maybe a million times. It is a bit like looking at a bacteria magnified a million times. It can be frightening. But, at the end of the day, there will be no condemnation of the terrorists.



Also, you will be left with the impression that the typical Indian villager (a hapless individual earning less than $1 a week, unlikely to see any form of wealth in his lifetime) regularly rapes a nun after lunch. You will be left with the impression that everyday Indians somehow deserved the Mumbai Massacre. Somehow, the Indians had it coming.

I listed above four "great social leaders." GREAT SOCIAL LEADERS. Each one will support the others. They provided the support the terrorists were counting on even before the atrocities took place. Why? Because these so-called GREAT SOCIAL LEADERS create the climate in which terrorists can flourish. They decried and called for the abolition of laws that once successfully prevented terrorist attacks.

It is unclear how any of us benifitted from the lapse of India's Prevention of Terrorism Act. What is clear is that 183 humans of every race, color, creed, and way of life have been brutally massacred. And that we could have easily prevented the slaughter. And that we did not.

Bush doctrine says "If a country is even considered as a threat US can launch a pre-emptive invasion". But in this case Pakistan is a well-estabished threat and proven 100s of times. If Pakistan is goign to dance around this India better act on its own to get rid of all the elements that can easily perpetrate in future even if it means launching a war. Sure there will be losses. It is between Democracy vs Dictatorship. All Democratic countries should side with India.

If any India/Non Indian please try to do our part by boycotting Pakistan & Bagladesh economically. If you live in India, Australia, New Zealand or US, Please Boycott any goods made in Pakistan/Bangladesh. This is what me and my family are going to do till they end their support of terrorism and claim of Kashmir. This is the least we can do in memory of alll those killed in the last 61 years ( since 1947 when India gave its own land to the so called Pakistan so that ther won.t be any more blodd shed). Since the Impotent and incompetent Indian Govt. Won't do anything to the country which is number 1 terrorist state in the world.

Finger pointing? Okay identifying the criminals behind this act is finger pointing? How so? Lack of Indian security justifies the act? So if a country lacks in security it is okay to attack them? Some of the responses are ridiculous. Even the best of the best countries have been subjected to terrorism.

dear layman, seriously, you think war isnt a nghtmare? which fantastical world have you been inhabiting? i can hear historians laughing at that.

and pls, it is dillusion to think that there will be one hole or three holes. sorry, if two nuclear armed nations fight, there will be nothing left of both of them when they finish. this isnt about the bigger army or india would have attacked pakistan before this as well. this is about the nuclear arms, the ultimate deterrant on both sides.

as for the china factor, pls, again, which fantastical world is this in which india is ahead of chna? china is the next superpower man. its going to take over from america as the world's largest economy in 5 years, and thats not counting the american recession.

and what the hell is the indian beef with bangladesh? or china? or pakistan? or nepal? or sri lanka? wait.....thats all of india's neighbours isnt it? india is angry with all its neighbours?

the most important thing is this......lets not forget that india and pakistan are two nuclear armed nations with a combined population of 1.3 billion. blaming pakistan can only lead to war. a war between these two countries is the worst nightmare.
secondly, any sensible person can see the loopholes in the security lapses and the story presented to the world so far. there is much more to this story, it will come out soon enough. hopefully, before there are two gigantic holes on the subcontinent map where pakistan and india used to be.

why is it that everytime something goes wrong in india, pakistan gets the blame. Pakistan is already dealing with its interior problems, in balochistan, in sindh and did we forget the Marriots bombing in islamabad not too long ago. If there is anyone to be blamed is obviously the government , either its US, Pakistan, India or any other or should i say every other country thats facing terrorism.

and btw LA EXILE, looooooool. disrespectful, but you are funny.

urinating on the roads seems to be a collective south asian problem. maybe that should be fixed before everything else.

India is WAYYYYY behind in modernization.

"The younger generation in India is immensely confident and focused. It could be a mistake to cross them. "

You must be talking about the rich ones. Please GUY. there are still people urinating in the middle of the street in broad daylight!!

Latin America is modernizing faster than India.
India is a first class toilet. .................

India. Who cares? The Chinese already own 25% of Gupta land and they could own the rest, but they don't want it............

why always when u see something like that in the news , it,s always the muslims doing the killing? what kind of religios is thi that intead of teaching love, peace and understading teach instead hate and evil?, how do they even think that god approve such acts? it,s beyond undestartanding that a so called religions would command his followers to go and kill anyone in sight un the name of god, this is satan atcts to say the least

India does not have any system at all. Everything is done on adhoc basis. It is therefore not a big surprise that a few youngsters can create such havoc in Mumbai. The way things are done in India is like the plumbing work in the Indian multi-storey apartment. Read the book on Bombay by Sekutu Mehta, then you will know how India is managed. The late response by the Indian Commandoes to the resue is the most rapid response by Indian standards. The India intel is also a mockery of the intelligensia world! The whole of India is pathetic. I am not surprised that India is just a sitting duck for any kind of terrorists! But the people of Mumbai should be very grateful because the mayhem was only caused by the gunmen, this is truely remarkable if not a miracle that the Indian security forces managed to avoid more disaster since they are famous in creating more destruction in their rescue missions!