Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Root Cause of Terrorism

26th November 2008 was yet another black day in the history of India and one more terror attack hit the Indian Commerical Capital. 200 plus innocent people died and scores injured. More issue politicising and people getting angrier and Indian politicians getting uncomfortable because of building public pressure to curb the terror. But how many would go into the cause of asking the important questions?
1. What is the cause of Terrorism?
2. Who is causing it?
3. How could one get into the eradication of terrorim from its roots?

An eco-socio analysis of the terrorists' profiles ould indicate that the terrorists normally have a poor financial structure. Lure of money coupled with a brain wash increases the adrenalin level to such an extent as to make the terrorists stoic. Emotions lost, these people do not even have the differentiation of Good and Bad. Unfortunately Islam has been its biggest target and now every branding would be -"Terrorism-Islam". The link is not only strong but has been even more stout given the fact that every terror attack has links to some or the other Muslim country (I mince no words for it hurts... and hurts badly). I am sure the tenets of Islam are not that weak as to give a doctrine which will be destructive for mankind (Very well supported by Muslims in India when they say that terrorists should not be given a resting place in this country...quite rightly so). Any religion for that matter does not support any violent action of any kind whatsoever.
So is employment a problem? Quite so if it is given an objective look. All the terrorism seems to rise from thrid world countries and that too rife with internal or civil wars. Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan all fall in the same category. The youth of these countries have not seen or experienced any economic development either as a result of their demographic structure or because of the socio-political structure in their country. Radicalism is so deeply engraved in the socio-political structure that politicians fail to rise above these very issues and make the people of their country understand the importance of a strong economic state. Guns become easily available because the only struggle they know is the struggle to save their very existence on this planet. For that they can go to any extent. This creates easy and gullible preys that can fall to the greed of earning money and fame.
Terror groups are those people which keep the cycle of money going. The terrorist groups can be studied by their nature of existence in the society which keeps them isolated from the core issues of that society. Easy money and the zest for power & Control makes the mare go around for them forcing them to take the wrong route. Otherwise how can anybody justify the very objective of killing people in the name of religion. What these fanatics fail to understand is that if the world becomes uni-religious there would be even more disparity leading to internal disputes. So also the fact that not all people are programmed to think alike and in a group of 10 people atleast 1 if not more would have a difference in the opinion. Thats what makes them successful because somebody's ideas are going to work. Like minded people would fail to understand the diversity of the situation ending in a bad pitfall.
Unfortunately for all the defined states, terrorism does not have state boundaries and its a non-state institution of some banded leaders. The framework or the structure is Hydra-like having tentacles in the remotest of places. In the name of religion these people exploit the youth of the under-developed countries, use them for their purpose and dispose them off when required.
The cause of terrorism can also be the economic promotion of accumulated arms and ammunitions of some country otherwise how is it possible for these terror groups to lay hands on such sophisticated and expensive ammo without any country's unofficial support? A great money spinner that it is, mostly the funding comes from various money laundering activities like casinos, Horse betting, normal betting and even to the extent of lobbying - a formal way of betting. Moreover the fundraising can in itself be from sources who have distorted ideas of religion or politics with a righteous but wrong ambition of control and power. (The case of Robert Mugabe is obvious enough to understand the concept.)
Lets come to the Pareto Principle. 20% of the people control 80% of the resources and therefore hold 80% of the more at the cost of 80% people's poverty. A socialistics approach towards the cause of poverty eradication coupled with a sincere desire to do so could be the answer. But the million dollar question is: WHO WILL BELL THE CAT??????