India cannot be competent in internal security without being competent in overall governance
“If 26/11 is not to become another one in an endless series of fatalities,” Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes “we need to keep asking the question: how can a people who have much to be proud of, be endowed with a state that has [...]
Democracy cannot operate without sunlight
Y P Rajesh in the Indian Express on Mumbai’s unanswered questions:
26/11 deserved an inquiry commission on the lines of the US commission that probed 9/11 and went on to blame the FBI and the CIA for intelligence failures. Particularly since the failures in India involved central and state, civilian and military [...]
Don’t take the charade too seriously
Now unless you think that dossiers-and-lawsuits is somehow an effective way for India to secure itself against attacks by Pakistan’s military-jihadi complex, you should neither be surprised nor overly concerned over the Lahore High Court’s decision to release the Lashkar-e-Taiba chief from house arrest. Of course his release reveals Pakistan’s [...]
The Talibanisation of Pakistan does not necessarily need the Taliban to take over
Over at Informed Comment, Juan Cole argues that fears of the Taliban taking over Pakistan are overblown (via Chapati Mystery):
The Pakistani Taliban are not going to take over the Pakistani government. That worry doesn’t keep me up at night. They are small, and [...]
Some Taliban are allied with Pakistan, against America. Other Taliban are against Pakistan because of America. None of them are ‘moderate’.
Choose your pick: aspirin or scotch. You’ll need help to cope with this week’s news from Pakistan.
First, there is Mullah Omar and his shura, all but openly operating out of Quetta in Balochistan, reliably with [...]
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