Hey,
Its been a year since I last posted, the burden for folks in their eleventh and twelfth grade makes the tenth grade seem like an absolute joke...
This week I thought I thought I should definitely post following the events of Monday morning, an event which many felt would never happen, an event that sparked celebrations in many parts of the world....It was the death of the worlds most wanted terrorist...Yes.. Osama Bin Mohammed Bin Awad Laden was killed..
They named it 'Operation Neptune Spear' and craftily kept the code name 'Geronimo' for Bin Laden himself.A team of U.S Navy Seals carried out this brave operation and they finally got their man. It sparked celebrations all over the world, leaders from all over the world expressing a sense of great relief that the man who was quite literally the face of terror now ceased to exit.
It also came as something that Americans haven't experienced it for a long time..a feeling of being victorious and a chance to show the world that 'we really are a superpower'..
A sinking economy, 9% unemployment rate, things looked doomed for a country that millions flock to , to establish oneself and create a success story.Its been a country that has had a million success stories, however towards the beginning of the second decade of the 21st century its been really gloomy. But this one event has brought about a sense of patriotism and a feeling of togetherness back into everyone in the country. Its not a solution to the problems the citizens face but at-least its a moment that they all can celebrate never minding what happens the next day.
Its also a great victory for the man in charge. Its been a rough ever since Barrack Obama set foot into the Oval Office. A failed health care plan, Afghanistan, Gitmo, he looked like a man on the way out. But following this people have regained faith in him and I'm sure its a moment that he will savor for the rest of his life.
But Bin Ladens death though raises many questions..
The first and most troubling one being about where he was found and killed. He was killed in Abbottabad in Pakistan a place where there a many military institutions and a city that is 31 miles from the capital Islamabad. Reports seem to suggest that he had been living there for a long time.
With growing doubts over Pakistan's commitments to fight terror this comes as a mighty blow to the country's image. There are many allegations that the country's intelligence agency, the ISI, is aiding terrorists. Many former ISI officers have been linked to many terrorist organisations and have masterminded many terror strikes. Pakistan though has put up a brave face saying that the ISI is the country's 'asset', but many including I wonder what 'asset' openly supports terrorist.
The problem many face in Pakistan and that's why the situation in this country is probably worse than Afghanistan is that no one really knows which side is Pakistan on. When folks from Washington send Islamabad aid you see the representatives from army, legislature and executive take a hard stand on terror saying it will fully cooperate with US and the rest of the world to wipe out terror, but actions on the ground seem to indicate otherwise. They still hole up guys like Dawood and expect the world to believe that they are doing their best to wipe out terror.They even had the worlds most wanted man for 6 years in their own land and now claim they didn't know about it...Its not only me but that seems really far fetched.
Pakistan calls the operation as an infringement of the nations sovereignty and I totally understand that, but if you hole up the worlds most wanted man in your backyard and promise to work to get rid of people like him and take billions of dollars for that and do nothing, you are inviting operations like this to be carried out.
At the end of the day Pakistan's image has a taken a real beating. They have got to make their stance clear. People in their own country are tired of the double agent games they play and they have got to make it clear whose side are they on. If their with the US act accordingly if their with the Taliban and AQ then well at least freeze the aid . Like George Bush said 'Your either with us, or with them'.
But amidst all this its a great moment for the 3000+ families who lost their loved ones during those horrific attacks. Finally after ten long they have a closure and can sleep peacefully that the man responsible for all their sufferings and pain is now no more...Justice has been served...
FINALLY THEY REST IN PEACE.....
Shravan Karthik
