Tag: 26/11

IQ: Low/Political will: Zero

Even though the international media came out in sympathy for India, there were growing rumbles that this could have been prevented, that India has shot itself in the foot by not dealing with terrorism effectively and not having enough security measure in place to have even halfway decent actionable intelligence. And with politicians becoming Home Ministers simply because they are the least unacceptable to coalition partners in the government, merit has clearly gone and taken two running jumps into the coldest, deepest and muddiest parts of the Arabian Sea.

Lack of intelligence, hostages slowed down commando ops

“When we operate in the Kashmir valley, clearing a house that has terrorists in it takes us four to five hours. Here we were talking about massive hotels. Even with the National Security Guards (NSG) and Marine Commandos (Marcos) conducting the operation it takes time. And the hostage issue complicates matters.”