Countries Of The World, Unite! Rage A War,No more Peshawars

Yesterday 16 December 2014 marks as one of the worst and darkest days in the history of mankind with nine Talibans of a Taliban group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) killing 133 children and 10 school staff at Army Public School and Degree College in Peshawar, Pakistan in one of the most gruesome manner that history has ever seen. It is akin to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in British India on 13th April 1919.
The killing drew worldwide condemnation and leaders of all countries condemned the mindless and senseless killing of innocent children in one voice.
Just the other day, Man Haron Monis, a self-proclaimed representative of Islamic State, took almost 20 people hostage inside the Lindt Café in Martin Place in Sydney, Australia. Two of the hostages lost their lives in the ensuing operation to free them.
It was nine men in Peshawar and one man in Sydney who have shocked the entire world population of almost 7 billion. It is a handful against many. Terrorism has always been raising its ugly head and causing loss of lives and shaking the very foundation of peace. When attacks of the above nature happen, it is not just about that country where the attack occurs but about the whole humanity and all countries. What these mindless terrorists are throwing at us is not a challenge just for one country but for all the countries in Toto.
As we are going forward, the mindlessness and cruelty is only increasing in proportion and showing no signs of diminishing. At this juncture, it is important that all the countries of the world unite and fight collectively against the terror outfits across the globe. This requires strong leadership, apolitical commitment, compassion and value for human life irrespective of which country people belonged to.
There is a Sanskrit phrase in Mahopanishad that reads ‘vasudhaiva kutumbakam’ which literally means ‘the world is one family’. Time has come for countries to seriously understand and live by this phrase. Any country big or small can no longer live on its own by ignoring others’ problems because unrest and terrorism in one country has its own repercussions on others. The people and leaders of every country must start thinking and acting in such a way that one country’s happiness and prosperity is directly dependent on the other, whichever part of the globe the other country is located.
Though the efforts of UN Security Council and the General Assembly are commendable in countering terrorism, it appears that there is something more to be done by countries of the world. A separate Common Anti-Terror Squad (CATS) is to be created as part of CTITF (Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force) of the UN. CATS should be a separate army of highly trained personnel from various countries working as one team and located at various strategic locations in different terror prone areas of the world. Based on the intelligence that CATS would have, its army will work on eliminating the terror outfits and take the fight to the doorstep of terrorists even before they plan to attack civilians and other soft targets. CATS will be guided by a common anti-terrorism policy and not by any country’s individual policy on anti-terrorism. Countries spending huge amounts on Defense should instead divert some of those funds to CATS because the problem today is not from other countries but from the terrorist groups.
The old saying “Offence is the best form of defense” absolutely fits with the CATS suggestion made above. The world can no longer afford to have a monster of terror waiting, planning and executing ideas to kill innocents for no fault of theirs. Rather than waiting for something to happen and being always on tenterhooks, it is better for countries of the world to unite in a stronger way and eliminate these terror outfits and those working for them in a ruthless manner. The best place for terrorists is hell and CATS should work towards sending them there in droves.
People across the globe need to be reassured that they are not in danger from terrorism. And that is possible only with great united efforts by all countries.
Countries of the world unite! Rage a war on terrorism and terrorists! No more Peshawars please!



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