The President of Afghanistan,Mr.Hamid Karzai,had made a magnanimous gesture yesterday in setting free a 14 year old suicide bomber who's destination was to be the aforementioned country.
Now,the motive of that i.e to maintain friendly relationships with Pakistan and The United States- the so called "partners in the war against terror" might be a bit self serving,as it should be since that is one country that really needs all the help it can get in terms of social and economic assistance.
In contrast to this the charging of Mohammad Haneef for "recklessly providing etc etc" is a bit severe,and totally unjustified. He honestly looks as if he didn't have anything to do with the Glasgow incident. And he only provided the main players a SIM card as he was leaving the country to head to Australia. What is suspicious is that he had booked a one-way ticket from Australia to Bangalore. But nonetheless,such an extreme act of self-protection by the Australian government is one that is borne out of fear and paranoia. Fear that such a thing had happened in their land,and paranoia that it may happen again. However,it is these G.I.Joe-cum-Rambo type tactics by the Western Countries that are causing the greatest amount of distress. Like begets like. And that immortal quote of Gandhi "An eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind".
If you have been the victim of a violent attack,and you choose violence yourself to retalitate,then you are caught in a very viscious and deadly cycle.And it stops only when everyone is dead. A bit simplistic and naive,but i believe it to be true.
Maybe we can all learn from Mr.Karzai's gesture and try to act in a similar fashion.The politicalleader who will take such a stance will create history. But he will be killed in the process,gunned down by someone who believes in the phrase "GO JOE!!" than in the concept of compassion and turning the other cheek.
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