How was Al-Qaida formed? Its roots can be traced back to the Soviet invasion of Afganistan. At that time US-Soviet tussle was going on for their expansion. US was desperate to thwart any attempt of Soviet invasion in Afganistan. Thus it supported the native Afghan Mujahideen in the war with arms and funds. Soviet left and ideologies changed for these Mujahideen and they went on to become the deadliest terrorist organisation in the History.
Now why suddenly I went to the past and traced the roots of this organisation. Its because that a similar situation might be possible in our own country, India. Right now, India’s biggest internal threat is from the Naxalites. Unable to counter the Naxalites, Governments promoted the formation of Salwa Judum, an anti-Naxalite movement in Chhattisgarh. The members of this organisation are getting trained from security personnel, access to funds and arms. They seemed to be effective in counter Naxalite operations.
But what will happen, which might not be very soon, when the naxalites will be removed? Will Salwa Judum disappear? I doubt that. The fear is that same situation will follow which happened in Afganistan. This will be even worse than the current Naxal threat.
As per two PILs filed in Supreme Court, a list of 548 killings, 99 rapes and more than 3,000 burnt houses by the Salwa Judum in last three years.
[Source:- http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/jun/19guest.htm].
This might be just the quoted figures. Actual figures may be even greater.
Godd analysis n yah earlier I thought, Salwa Judam as a great intiative and Tit for Tat from the Governement, which is usually unseen in Indian context. But if it happens d way u r predicting, den d doom's day is just nearby.
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When you study "Systems Thinking" you begin to widen your scope of view. Systems thinking helps you see the effect of actions over larger distances of time and space.
ReplyDeleteYour story about creating the Salwa Judum to counteract the Naxal without considering the full implications of that policy is a classic story of our society.
Here is a classic story from the natural world: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/01/12/attempt-to-control-invasive-species-backfires-spectacularly-on-an-antarctic-island/
Each of us can study systems thinking and learn to widen our viewpoint. Without this bigger lens, most of our actions will probably prove short sighted and wrong.