Attack For An Attack: Is that how it works?

This piece is written in reference to the brutal attacks that happened at the Army School in Peshawar, last year in December.

16TH DECEMBER 2014 COULD HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS ONE OF THE MOST TERRIFYING DAYS IN HUMAN HISTORY. NOT JUST IN PAKISTAN BUT IN THE WHOLE WORLD, THE TERROR ATTACKS ON ARMY SCHOOL, PESHAWAR WHICH KILLED 141 PEOPLE OUT OF WHICH 132 WERE CHILDREN MADE PEOPLE NUMB. THE REASON THAT WAS GIVEN BY THE TALIBAN SPOKESMAN FOR THE HORRENDOUS ATTACK WAS SAID TO BE ‘REVENGE’ FOR THE MILITARY ATTACKS THAT TARGETED THEIR OWN FAMILIES. THEY SAID THAT WE NEEDED THEM TO ‘FEEL’ THE PAIN, THE PAIN THAT OUR WOMEN AND KIDS FELT. WHAT WE FAIL TO UNDERSTAND TODAY IS THAT HOW THIS SYSTEM WORKS? WHY HAS IT BECOME SO NECESSARY TO KILL EACH OTHER TO MAKE THEM REALISE ‘PAIN’? DOES THE ACT OF ‘REVENGE’ MEAN TAKING AWAY THE INNOCENT LIVES OF CHILDREN? WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE DOMINANCE OVER OTHERS IS OF SUPREME IMPORTANCE. TO PROVE OUR SELF MORE DOMINANT WE ARE TAKING UP THE MOST RADICAL MEASURES IGNORING THE FACT THAT IN THIS RACE TO BE AT THE TOP, WE, THE NORMAL INDIVIDUALS ARE SUFFERING.IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE FEELING OF HUMANITY HAS JUST BEEN DISSOLVING IN THIS CONTINUOUS SERIES OF CONFRONTATION BETWEEN TERRORIST GROUPS AND GOVERNMENTS.  IT’S TIME WE REALIZED THAT AN ATTACK FOR AN ATTACK IS NOT THE SOLUTION; TO GET YOUR DEMANDS FULFILLED TARGETING THE LIVES OF INNOCENT PEOPLE IS NOT JUSTIFIED AND THAT PAIN IS THE SAME, WHETHER IT IS FELT BY YOUR OWN FAMILY OR BY THE FAMILY OF THOSE WHO YOU OPPOSE.  IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT SUCH A TERROR ATTACK HAS HAPPENED IN THE WORLD BUT THE POINT REMAINS THAT NEITHER OF THE TWO PARTIES IS GAINING ANYTHING FROM SUCH ATTACKS EXCEPT LOSS. THE CHILDREN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE TERROR ATTACKS WOULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED THAT A NORMAL SCHOOL DAY FOR THEM WOULD TURN OUT BE THE LAST DAY OF THEIR LIVES.  SUCH IS THE EFFECT OF TERROR THAT FROM NOW ON EVERY MOTHER SENDING HER CHILD IN THE UNIFORM WOULD HAVE THE FEAR OF HIM RETURNING IN A COFFIN. WE DO NOT NEED AN ATTACK FOR AN ATTACK TO JUSTIFY OUR POINT OR GET OUR NEEDS FULFILLED, WHAT WE NEED IS PEACE AND TOLERANCE.  AMEN!