Monday, December 1, 2008

Mumbai Terror

Even as we are coming to terms with the horror, some questions are likely to haunt us forever:
1. what are the recruitment procedures at these renowned hotels? were they followed at all?
2. obviously the credentials of these terrorists who managed to get the jobs at these hotels were not cross verified.
3. i still can't figure out how a few young people could get entry to these hotels walking. one would imagine that to get entry to these plush hotels, one would be expected to be either driven in a chauffeured vehicle or self-driven one. the fact that these young people were entering by foot itself should have raised alarm among the security personnel.
4. it is commonsense that security personnel,s job is to look for the 'unusual' things. that they failed to sense the 'unusual' in these young people 'walking' to gain entry to these hotels itself is beyond comprehension.
and the behavior and reactions of our politicians are sickening and frustrating. even after all this, we have yet to hear a 'let us fight terror together' from these political leaders. probably our leaders have stooped so low in public's eyes that they are incapable of sensible thinking. that they think it fit to use even such tragic occurrence to derive political mileage is a confirmation of their having attained 'reasoning menopause'.