This was a disaster waiting to happen in the sub continent. To believe that terrorist wont target a high profile Cricket match in either India, Pakistan or Srilanka was being naive, to put it mildly.
All our stadiums are death traps with no provision to handle an emergency evacuation. The relief operations, comprising of Police, Paramilitary and the Healthcare professionals is a joke and non existant.
We have all turned a nelson eye to terrorism for far too long. The primary duty of any government is to protect its citizens from internal and external threats. When they fail to do that, then they cease to have the moral right to rule.
Pakistan is a failed state. So is Srilanka and unfortunately, so is India. Earlier we have a Zero tolerence policy towards terrorism, the better. Other than Kasab, has this Government arrested a single person in the Mumbai attack so far? What prevented us from doing a quick trial of Kasab, and giving him the death penalty within 2 months of the attack. Why should the tax payers money be spent on a terrorist, for his stay in the Jail and his legal defence? We deserve more.
It is a relief that the Srilankan players escaped with minor injuries. But now the reason is all the more strong for the world to isolate Pakistan and as Bush said once, 'Bomb it to the medieval age'.
Extraordinary situation calls for extraordinary responses. I hope our idiotic government wont take the stand that Pakistan is equally affected like India by terrorists, but showcase the latest incident to bring the worlds focus back on Pakistans dangerous dallience with terror.
Isolate Pakistan. Bring an economic and political bloackade. Show them we mean business.
