Sick of rhetoric

Our politicians sure seem to have a way with words and at certain times, they somehow seem to be at their eloquent,loquacious best. Yet another bomb blast occurred last night inside two coaches of the Delhi-Attari Samjhauta express killing 66 people. The moment one reads this, even if he knows an iota about how things are here, one will easily guess what the motive is and who dunnit. I find it amusing how easy it is to accurately predict reactions of our leaders when such incidents occur. They know what to say without any emotion at all; all their responses are mere studied ones, not with any conviction or seriousness. Promptly, they offer 'X' lakh Rs. compensation, and (to save their bottoms) promise that the police will get to the bottom of the incident.

A few mindless, hackneyed ones that came out this time around are..

1. "We condemn this incident." - PM (achaa?)
2. "It is an act of terrorism." - HM (ha! no way, kya baat kar raha hai)
3. "It is an act of cowardice." (heard THAT before)
4. "India will not bow before terrorism." PM again (he said the same thing after 7/11)
5. "Terrorists trying to derail the peace process." (literally derail. RM at his obvious best)
6. "Matter will be investigated." (HM again)

Notice how not a single statement among these even remotely hints at any sort of apology or regret! Why cant they hold themselves slightly accountable and own up to the security lapses? Its clear that it isn't done because of the fear of being taken to the cleaners by the opposition parties and would be tantamount to political suicide?

F.Y.I:
PM - prime minister
HM - home minister
RM - railway minister

All this thrash talk showing defiance/courage is alright but how about being on one's toes 24X7? Why do we wait for such a thing to happen to get alert? Why is it that a nation, 3 times our size and MANY times as likely to be a victim of terror attack given its policies, hasn't witnessed a single terrorist attack after 9/11? When is the Indian Railways going to realise that it IS a favourite of terrorists? It ought to come down like a ton of bricks on the incompetent personnel who were in-charge of frisking the passengers and security. Now even foreigners are paying the price for their laxity 'coz the blasts claimed many Pakistani passengers as well.

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