Terrorism Growth

In response to the article “India’s Terrorist Problem” from The October 27th Newsweek Magazine (P. 53 – Point of View)

When we think about countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq, we know they have the issue of terrorism. Now, we might need to include India.

I am very disturbed about terrorism in India. First, one of my favorite teachers is from India. Second, India is very close to Hong Kong, China. And third, India is going to have nuclear technology soon.

As I contemplate upon how terrorism, a brutal and twisted thing, can grow so rapidly, the only reason I can conclude is jihad as warfare. I drew this conclusion because things nowadays seem more and more irrational.

For example, we can look at Dawood Ibrahim the global terrorist. He is an Indian, yet his criminal organization D-Company is often suspected to attack India. One of the most dreaded attacks he was suspected to lead is the 1993 Bombay bombings, which were a series of thirteen bomb explosions. Though he did not admit to commit such crimes, he has a bad record and I do not trust him. As a Chinese, I have always viewed China as part of me. How could a person hurt himself? His own nation? This is not a Chinese culture as I see people of other nationality having similar feelings to their own country. There must be some powerful motivation behind the desire of self-destruction. Dawood is likely to believe his actions as right because of Jihad.

Other than terrorism within India, terrorism outside India are behaving unnaturally. In Pakistan, it is said that terrorism has invaded the Interservices Intelligence agency (ISI). In other words, some government officials are supporting terrorism. This is horrifying because there are other information going against the Pakistan’s government. It does not share its intelligence relating to terrorism. It did not even tell us what it did with the U.S. $8.3 billion aid. Does Pakistan truly want to end terrorism?

Tension between India and Pakistan is growing. Pakistan denies any knowledge of Ibrahim’ existence, but India believes Pakistan is protecting him. I am reluctant to believe Pakistan is transformed by terrorism, but I cannot convince myself either. Conflict between India and Pakistan seem inevitable. Though I am usually an optimist, I am a fatalist believing the world will end. I had a positive belief that terrorism can be cured when I wrote my blog about War in Afghanistan, but now it all seems to change. The world is moving so fast that, in a few weeks, it’s a whole new world. Now, I am reluctant to bet the world will become better.