Sid – what don’t you get? Have you forgotten how the Maoists drove opponents out of the villages if not murdered them wholesale? Even with such terror, they could not secure a majority in the CA elections. And I don’t have any qualms about saying that democracy might have faults but there is yet to be found a system that’s better and in that sense you do get anomalies: yes, the Germans voted for the Nazis, but did that make the outcome any better for them? What is not acceptable is that terrorists like the Maoists and Hamas are out to subvert this very system to impose their warped ideology on others as the Nazis tried to do. That is my point of departure with you. Maoists are terrorists. Their goals have never changed. So far we have resisted them. Now it’s time to take the war to them and do away with this parochial, defensive mentality. My friend the conditions now are very different to what they were when Girija wanted to use the army against them. He was prevented from doing so by the palace – but you know that already as someone who supported Gyane. So much time has been wasted in pandering to these terrorists. No matter how much you may wish to preserve your hero Baburam, it’s just not going to happen even if he survives the internal purges. As the chief ideologue of this terrorist outfit he has a great deal to answer for and the time of reckoning is fast approaching. And this time, these terrorists have nowhere to hide.