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Pakistan should act

Pakistan will have lost an opportunity if it fails to crack down on terrorism this time round. The entire world is encouraging it to end terrorism in all forms. The Mumbai attacks are an opportunity for the political establishment to assert its supremacy over the military and the ISI.

India, too, needs to learn a lesson or two. I realised this as I heard about the ways adopted by the fundamentalist outfits to motivate the young — by telling them about the sufferings of Muslims in India. They cite the Babri Masjid demolition, the Mumbai riots and the Gujarat riots to convince them. In the absence of these incidents, perhaps terrorism might not have entered the Indian heartland.

S.V.S. Prabhakar Sastry,

Gurgaon

It was heartening to hear Gordon Brown deliver a stern message to Pakistan to eliminate terrorism emanating from its territory. While a nation’s sovereign rights of decision making should be respected, there is nothing wrong in employing diplomatic coercion for the greater cause of eliminating global terrorism.

Aastha Madhur,

Jaipur

The oft-repeated argument by the Pakistani civilian leadership that Pakistanis themselves are victims of terrorism and India should commiserate with their plight is untenable. Terrorism in Pakistan is of its own making, consciously nurtured and aimed at waging a proxy war against India.

Unfortunately, its by-product has started stinging Pakistan, spreading its tentacles with venomous fangs.

S. Kannan,

Ruwi

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