[Reader-list] The Naxalites overreached

[Pawan Durani]

Anupam Ji ,

What the families feel and what the Govt does are beyond me. I have my
view and I still believe that the Naxalism should be CRUSHED.

Interestingly those who preach restrain in this list have been
admirers of violent movements , be it Kashmir or Naxalism or anything
else.

Losers

Pawan

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 3:09 PM, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com> wrote:
> Pawan,
>
> I wonder if you really read and understood what victim's families have to say.
>
> you have posted the news for sure but failed to read between the lines:
>
> here's an excerpt for what you have posted: Deputy Commandant Satyavan
> Singh Yadav (46)
>
> But these are deaths they can't comprehend or accept. "Yeh to dhokha
> hai (this is treachery)," says Meena's brother Badri. "He was not
> fighting an external enemy but his own countrymen who killed him. How
> can his death be justified? In this area, most families send one
> member to the forces. But if our sons, fathers and brothers have to
> die fighting Naxals in poor conditions, we will stop sending our
> people," Sumer said.
>
> "The government dithers on policy, saying this one day and something
> else the next. And the CRPF means a hard life... how can the
> government not know about an ambush planned by more than a thousand
> Naxals? How?" Sumer asked.
>
> i have nothing more to say Pawan but only to go back to your iron hand
> analogy in dealing with Maoists:
>
> http://www.navhindtimes.in/news/iaf-must-not-be-used-fight-naxals-chief
>
> "The Air Force chief also visualised a scenario if the IAF is called
> in. “Let us say that air force is called in for attack in Naxal
> locality and it needs to fire a rocket, which is fired at a minimum
> distance from 1,500-1,800 metres...From that distance we are not able
> to visualise what the target is,” he said. “The basic thing is Naxals
> are our own citizens,” he said, when asked if it was time for the
> military to join the anti-Naxal operations.
> Meanwhile, the Home Minister, Mr P Chidambaram said on Wednesday that
> the government may have to reconsider its policy of not using Air
> Force in the fight against Naxalites but cautioned against “knee-jerk”
> reactions in the wake of the savage Maoist attack in Chattisgarh on
> Tuesday. He said there will be no let-up in the offensive against
> Naxals."
>
> i rest my case here Pawan. You have every right to have your own point
> of view, i shall defend that right but i will never endorse statements
> that has been made by you regarding the maoists and the means to
> tackle the issue.
>
> anupam
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