> Regardless of whether one supports ULFA's positions,
> the fact that
> ULFA's emergence was the single most important force
> that got the
> Center's attention to Assam's sense of alienation is
> forgotten by
> these people going about sporting intellectual
> blinders.
Perhaps, also, these people examine the problem for
what it is TODAY. ULFA's continued existence, in the
shape and manner it has, is the single most reason
Assam continues to remain in a morass - economic or
otherwise. It is a problem that continues to exert
every ounce of attention and energy from a whole lot
of people who could in the interim have done better
things - even with the system they have. And continues
to keep at arms length all these other people that we
need.
Perhaps the biggest single constituency available in
Assam is PEACE. Not the love of ULFA or the Center and
their respective agendas. Somehow people seem to be
furthering their agendas. Too bad it is perceived as
for the center. Somewhat like Bush - you are either
with us or against us.
The truth for the most part is neither. And that is
not "intellectual blinderism" at work. Perhaps
"Collective Opportunism". But that is good business
sense.
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