You believe that evil should never go unpunished - and I couldn't agree more. However, the truth is that it does go unpunished its happened in the past and it will happen in the future. We do not live in a perfect world and no system so far has been absolutely efficient in countering the ills that plague human existence.
I find your suggestion of fighting terrorism with what appears to be terrorism, absurd. I am not proposing we take an ideological stand and continue to be the 'mature, gentile, peaceful soft state we are known as. And by no means will a severe punishment prove to be a deterrent to terrorist activity. Au contraire, it may trigger a response far worse than what we have witnessed.
Attacking the Indian government in failing its people and its apparent failure in clamping down on terrorism is highly unjustified. The nature of terrorism is such that it is almost impossible to predict.
What I do agree with is the need to take pragmatic and decisive action, un-fuelled by extreme emotion. This may be by planning forthcoming actions whilst assessing possible risks and possible outcomes along with being open to finding diplomatic solution.
