9/11 & 26/11: the lessons un-Learned...the Lions and Tigers of Asia.

Raj Mohan Das
Primaries on Terrorism.
The Lions and Tigers of Asia.

The assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by the RSS, the assassination of Indira Gandhi by the Sikh Khalistan Commando Force and the assassination of Rajive Gandhi by the LTTE had made these outfits the recipients of widespread disgust and hatred.

In fact the RSS was utilizing the lions (Singh means lion) of the Sikh Khalistan Commando Force and the tigers of the LTTE as mere hit men to eliminate Indira Gandhi and Rajive Gandhi who were poised as real hurdles in Vajpayee's path to power.

But the lions and the tigers lost all their claws and teeth with the assassinations of Indira Gandhi and Rajive Gandhi. Both these organizations have lost their identities as independent outfits, and for the time being, they stay as mere refugees in the RSS camp. The RSS is forced to sustain and retain the lions and tigers in their camp since it needs them to be utilized as hit men in the future also.

The ability to project an act of heinousness as an act of heroism is a characteristic feature of ethnic and religious fundamentalism. Normally, the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi should be construed as an act of extreme heinousness, but the RSS depicts it as an act of heroism. Similarly the incidents of the Black Tuesday are projected as acts of heroism by the Pan Islamic Mullah Militia. It is in fact the inspiration, generated by such acts of extreme heinousness, which strengthens the bases of religious and ethnic fundamentalism.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) promoted by the Indo Aryan (Hindu) racial fundamentalists and the Pan Asian Mullah Militia promoted by the Pan Islamic Fundamentalists are the real terrorist outfits which enjoy unqualified support from their respective bases. The RSS is the largest terrorist outfit in the world, and the Pan Islamic Mullah Militia, the second largest; and to the dismay of the international community, these two outfits work in tandem.