The Glorious Western Civilization!
A curious debate once arose in extremist circles: was Mohammad Atta, the 9/11 hijacker, a greater jihadi than Maulana Masood Azhar? From Kathmandu, terrorists hijacked a plane to Kabul and forced a developing nation into submission. Prisoners were exchanged for passengers—India humiliated before the world. While New Delhi scrambled desperately to secure the release of its citizens, the First World—America included—watched with a smirk, enjoying the spectacle like jackals dressed as pundits. Earlier, under Dawood Ibrahim’s command, Mumbai had been ripped apart by serial blasts. In a decade, terrorism claimed 50,000 Indian lives, and in Palestine, hundreds of thousands more. In countries where the average income hovers between one and ten thousand rupees, human lives are evidently cheaper. Then came 9/11, laying bare a cruel truth: the lives of some are precious, the lives of others expendable. During the Kandahar hijacking, America and NATO—champions of democracy—spe...