Dear Lt Col, You have ventilated your views as one who had been in the Defence Forces. I totally agree with your views that unless our politics is cleansed of the Muslim-vote-bank virus, and unless a very conscious effort is made to bring the nationalist Muslims onto a patriotic and anti-terror platform, and wean away a substantial section of vocal and spirited Muslims from a proclivity to gloss over the terrorist activities, the fight against terrorism would not succeed.