Crucial Period begins

Mush is curbing media, judiciary and political opposition. Benazir makes another grand arrival, this time in Islamabad sans the suicide bombers. She vows to hold a protest rally banned by Mush. Imran is underground, speaking through his ex-wife in London,alleging Benazir of being hand in glove with Mush. Nawaz doesn’t want to be left out of the action, crying his heart out from the holy land. Bush has little idea of whats going on, Rice keeps issuing all sorts of pleas to Mush. Meanwhile, Taliban has taken over 3rd town in Waziristan . The militia has imposed Shariah in occupied areas and is removing Pakistan's national flags from all government buildings in the five sub-divisions now under their control.
Could anyone ever define chaos better? The scary thing here is that some nuclear bombs are located somewhere in the middle of all this chaos. If Pakistan really fails as a state and disintegrates again, which looks inevitable now, the whole world is at huge risk. India, of course being the immediate neighbour faces the highest risk. However, the Middle East and Europe shouldn’t rest either. We all know the finesse with which the extremists can transport the coveted weaponry.

What can India do in such a situation? Not much actually. A direct involvement by India will direct all the extremist elements in Pakistan towards India. I am sure no one in the Government would like that. However, what we can do is seal our borders as much as possible. Both on West and East with Bangladesh. If required, use some force on the Eastern border to eliminate some dangerous elements there. I suggest sealing the borders for two reasons. One, the terrorists love to strike on the eve of Diwali. Two, with the chaos in both our problematic neighbouring countries, especially, the one on the West, the terrorists are gaining in strength and are operating at their own will. This is the time when we have to be the most careful and be ready for any kind of assault. The next couple of months leading upto the beginning of 2008 will be crucial, security wise, for both India and the world. I have this uncanny feeling that a very crucial period is beginning for the world and our future will not exactly be like what we were expecting it to be!