37. On terrorism and counter-terrorism

Closely linked to their rejection of the concept of nation and nationalism is the destructive posturing of these ´peace´ and human rights activists on counter -terrorism and counter - insurgency measures that governments, particularly the Indian government, have to take to protect the territorial integrity of the nation and civil society from acts of terror. While these activists maintain a studied silence on Islamic jihad and Christian separatism in the North-East, they are virulently hostile to all counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency measures adopted by the state. As has already been demonstrated earlier, special laws like TADA and POTA, our armed forces, our police and state power have been defamed and abused even on foreign soil.