You do not play cricket with mad dogs.

Yesterday Pakistani soldiers crossed into India territory in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir and ambushed a patrol of Indian soldiers killing 2 and injuring 2 others. They slit the throat of one, decapitated the other and took the head along with them. They also took the weapons and possessions of the dead soldiers. Only last week the Pakistanis were here playing cricket and earning many millions of dollars from our match ticket sales and TV commercials. Why were the Indian soldiers so easily overwhelmed? Is it because they do not have proper gear such as night vision goggles or heat seeking equipment? Why do we invite these murderous vermin to play cricket on our soil? What is astonishing is that our players are so eager to shake hands and mingle with these filth. The glib explanation given is that sport and politics should not be mixed. But it is not about politics. It is about patriotism, your love for your country and respect for our armed forces. While our soldiers keep sacrificing their lives surely our cricketers can forego their earnings? It is not too much to ask. Our Defense Minister said the attack was " inhuman " and " highly provocative ". It would be laughable if we were not choking with anger. The whole problem is that we are never provoked. Already our Minister for External Affairs said the the " incident should not be escalated ". Why not? When will we say enough is enough. Pervez Musharraf was the architect of the Kargil attack and yet was invited as an honored guest in November for a conference. Those who planned the Mumbai attacks are still laughing and taunting us but we invite them for cricket. Now this. When the US asks us to stop buying oil from Iran to protect Israel we obey like indentured serfs. We never ask them to stop supplying arms, equipment or money to Pakistan in return. Internationally Israeli lives are more important than Indian ones. The reason is that Israel has always protected itself and killed 10 for each one of its citizens while we have forever allowed invaders to trample over us. In the past it was the Moguls, the French, the Portuguese and  the British. Now it is the Chinese and the Pakistanis. Even Bangladeshis have kidnapped, tortured and killed Border Security Force soldiers without any reciprocal response from us. The reason why we are unable to " escalate " this attack is because our government is under orders from the US not to threaten Pakistan because the US wants all Pakistani soldiers to guard the Afghanistan border so that the Taliban do not kill American soldiers. The Pakistanis know that. That is why they feel completely safe in attacking India. First they took a chance on Kargil, to see if they grab some territory. When that did not work they attacked Mumbai. Americans and Israelis died in that attack. So now they have resorted to hit and run which they will deny. You do not play cricket with mad dogs. You kill them.