The killing of ObL,perhaps the most hated person of the world after Hitler, is being celebrated all over the world as a truimph of peace-loving people over terrorists.It is indeed a great achievement for USA,especially for its intelligence and Navy.But the victory is only symbolic; not total.Terrorism is a mindset. ObL is not the name of an individual; he symbolised all those people who want to impose their thought over others by brute force.His death is , no doubt, a setback to his group, but not a defeat. The conflict between good and evil has always been there since time immemorial personified in Ravan, Kansh, Hitler,...But its avatar as Islamic terrorism is very dangerous because it has doned a garb of religion working as a black hole for a large number of misguided Muslims. The real truimph lies in the change of the mindset and end of the causes for growth of such mindset-whether it is terrorism preached and practised by an individual or a group or a state or a system sucking the blood of billions of weak and poor people.It is also an eternal truth that the coflict between good and evil will continue till the human race strives for a better civilised life.
Wow!an abolutely well written piece. Yes, you are very correct as the death of ObL is being seen as an act of brutality and cowardice on the part of US by several Islamic fundamentalists. They think ObL should have been given a chance to defend himself. Clearly, the death of ObL is physical, he is still alive in the mindset of zillions of jihadis and to change the mindset would be the real challenge.
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