Discuss Edward N. Luttwak's Dec. 5 Op-Ed article

I do not think this criticism is appropriate. Was India's response worse than US response to Katrina? Besides, holding on to political power, Indian government has bigger problems..its huge uneducated, poor, unemployed population. It is a miracle that democracy is still holding up. Mumbai would not be a US news beyond the second day, if terrorist had not targeted American/jewish people in Mumbai. Where was the coverage, the condemnation and criticism when parliamnet was attacked?

AG @ 5:36 PM PST, Dec 5, 2008

I totally agree except the last part. Indians are proud and have "Chalta hai" attitude. We will soon forget and nothing substantial will change with security situation.

manu @ 5:24 PM PST, Dec 5, 2008

India is a huge country with a wonderfully optimistic population. The inept response to the attack reflects how politician's are concerned about appearances rather than substance. There were no plans for dealing with an attack. There were no provisions for communicating information between the rescue forces and the managers of hotels.

victor @ 4:58 PM PST, Dec 5, 2008

The author lets an otherwise thought provoking article be marred by a lack of factual verification. The NSG or National Security Guard is SPECIFICALLY trained, among other things for hostage rescue operations.

Pranav @ 4:30 PM PST, Dec 5, 2008

Although parts of India are very sophisticated, from what we could see of the progression of the attacks, you could really see that India is a third world country.

Kathy K @ 4:16 PM PST, Dec 5, 2008

the goal of all Indian Politicians is to make 5000 crores in bribes during thier tenure. any money spent on anti terrorism reduces the pot they can steal from. so just enough will be done to keep the press at bay and even that will be eliminated with the passage of time. indians accept bribery and corruption as it is part of their daily life and ultimately the fault lies with the indian people and those they elect not per se with the politicians themselves

sanno tochigi @ 2:51 PM PST, Dec 5, 2008

how dare one criticize!

honky tonk @ 2:36 PM PST, Dec 5, 2008

This article is good as far as it goes, despite the poor writing, but it does not go very far at all. Not even mentioned is that responding to terrorists post or even during an their offensive is the very least effective way at fighting terrorists. Prevention by capture and/or killing specific individuals and pre-emption by overturning government who sponser or otherwise allow terrorists to use their territory as training and/or launching sites must be done. This is an unfortunate reality. The civilized world, or those strong in the civilzed world, should take on the nasty elements in Pakistan.

Kevin Lewis @ 1:59 PM PST, Dec 5, 2008

Absolutely on the mark

rekha @ 1:39 PM PST, Dec 5, 2008

This article is poorly written. I expect more from the L.A. Times. The writer's meaning seems, at times obstructed by awkward wording. I am usually very pleased with the writing in the Times but this does not make the grade. I really don't have any problem with the content, but the mechanics have much to be desired. I doubt that I'm the only person who noticed.

Gavin @ 9:42 AM PST, Dec 5, 2008

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