The biggest manhunt ultimately came to an end, and what a dramatic way to finish! While Pakistanis slept, US Navy Seals sealed the fate of Osama. Death of Osama has given a fresh lease of life to Obama and people in general and Americans in particular have heaved a sigh of relief and felt a sense of satisfaction of having taken the long due revenge. With this, an era of global terrorism is over, hopefully.
The commando operation while establishing the increased presence of USA in Asia region also establishes the vulnerability of developing nations, including India. Operation by US Navy Seals also proves that Might is Right. Will USA ever tolerate such operation on its own soil, for eliminating the most dreaded terrorist, by any other nation? Never.
Today an Indian daily apart from the graphic detailing of Seals operation also published a photograph of Activists of Jamat-ud-Dawa in Karachi, mourning over the death of Osama! The mourners were visibly crying! Human heart and psyche is really difficult to understand. Else, how can one explain the tears in the eyes of these mourners - on killing of Osama – when Osama himself was a hardcore terrorist and directly responsible for brutally killing and ruining the lives of innocent kids, women and men! More than three thousand lives were lost in a few moments due to the horrific crashing of planes by the terrorists that pulverized the Twin Towers on 9/11. Did these activists ever feel sorry for the innocent lives lost to bullets and bombs around the globe?
While in a swift commando operation USA successfully eliminated Osama on Pakistani soil, Pakistani terrorists enjoy hospitality in India after terror strikes that shook the entire nation in 2008. Death sentence has been proclaimed and upheld in the law of court, but Kasab lives on!
As per a TOI report dated Feb 22, 2011; Rs. 45 Crore has been already spent on Kasab’s stay in India and daily expenditure of about Rs. 9.0 lakhs is incurred on him. And going by the history of 27 similar petitions waiting for consideration since 1997, it is estimated that a decision could be taken for his case only by 2018. Till then, he will enjoy the hospitability of our government.
Why do we want to keep him alive? Only to show to Pakistan and the world that we have a living proof of Pakistani terror hand? Or, to fish out all the possible details on Pakistani terrorism, their training centers and hideouts? And what would we do with all such information? And with all such info - Can we strike the way US did- to eliminate the Dawoods and other dreaded terrorists? In all probability, a big NO!
Then why waste huge sums of public money on a terrorist? Either hang him without any further deliberation or send him back to Pakistan thru Wagah Border with full honor. At least tax money could be put to better use.
And my worst fear is – longer we keep the terrorists like Kasab and Afzal Guru alive, more the chances of another drama by terrorist organizations by staging hijack and demanding for their release with a safe passage to a haven! May be, government has forgotten the hard lesson learned during hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight IC 814 that led to release of three dreaded terrorists including Maulana Masood Azhar. Are we just waiting for it to happen again!? I am clueless.
