9/11 and 26/11

The year was 2001. 11th September Morning around 6AM PDT. I turned on the TV to find out that one of the Twin Towers in NY has got hit. And then saw another plane crashing into the next tower. I was shocked. That day I kept thinking that its not right. Choosing civilian targets is not correct. Though I have grown up in Delhi during mid 80's when bomb threats were not unusual. I still was not able to comprehend such a major attack on civilian targets.
Fast forward to 27th November morning 2008. A shock awaited me when I opened the newspaper in a unusually cold Bangalore morning. It seems that some terrorists have sneaked into Mumbai and created havoc. It took Military officials more than two days to get the situation under control. I was shocked to learn that our forces were ill-prepared to deal with these situations. The casuality number is only 180+ as terrorists did not find time to kill more. It makes me angry that local security establishment was busy in playing politics rather than protecting people.
Anyway, that's a topic for next blog. Today, lets take a step back and see why fundamentalism is on rise. The case in the point is a country named "Indonesia". About two decades back, it was a Islamic country with a very tolerant society. Minorities were living peacefully. The country even celerated Hindu "Ramayana". But where is this country now? Tolerance is gone. The country inches towards fundamentalism each day. What happened?
In my view, the answer lies in "Petro-dollars". Yup, this is money earned by mid-east by selling petrol. And with world getting hungrier for more and more petrol, there is no doubt that these countries are minting money. And some of these dollars are ending up with elements who believe in "intolerant" brand of Islam. Thus you see a transformation of a tolerant diverse Islamic society to a fundamentalist society.
Somehow, policy-makers in Delhi continue to ignore this and focus their energy on Pakistan which is merely a by-product.
So, what's my solution to defeat these Jihadists? Develop alternative fuel and export it to the world. When that happens, petrol prices will crash and Jihadis will suddenly have no money to buy the bullets. The countries which supported terrorists covertly or overtly will implode and countries like Indoneasia and India will again go back to "Sufi" Islam.
My coutrymen, be patriotic, be Green.