Afridi makes a turn around says he has been quoted out of context.

You are right any other country would have reacted differently on Mumbai attack. May be we are looking too far ahead before taking any drastic action. World considers as cowards on that front.

Yes, the Indian establishment has only itself to blame for the mess in this country with respect to terrorism. We’ve always tried to wish the bitter truth away and pretend that we can talk with terrorists when the truth is there for everybody to see…until and unless the political ideology and ISI stranglehold over society changes in Pakistan, there is no point in talking to them. The ordinary Pakistanis may / may not want peace and dialogue with India, but what matters is what the ISI and its bosses want and how well they manage to brainwash the people on supporting such terrorist activities. On our east, look at the Chinese aggression in the NE…first the Chinese continued claiming Sikkim as their territory, now they are demanding Arunachal Pradesh, they are giving special visa to Kashmiris, they are heavily building infrastructure on sensitive border areas…yet, what are we doing??? NOTHING…just mouthing niceties and squirming to call a spade a spade. Actually, we’ve always tried to remain neutral and maintain a goody goody image, but its not really helped us anywhere.

I agree with you that world considers us "Cowards" on military front. It encourages terrorists to harm our country because they know that India will never retaliate... They will let few of the lower level people get arrested and the case will be closed. I can not agree with you more.

Hi Rajiv, Be sure that the politicians and media people ignore the Chinese aggression on purpose. As much as I read about the building spree of the Chinese (roads and dams and other infrastructure) in my local newspaper, I think the Indian Army is very clear about this and they send all that knowledge and intelligence reports to Delhi but somehow I feel India is still not decided as to how to react / interact with the Chinese. Its always been an old malady of our establishment to brush issues under the carpet (same with Pakistan, POK, Kashmir etc) and they are just ignoring Chinese aggression (wishing it away somehow) till its just too late!!! Sometimes back, I was heartened to hear that the present govt is giving NE its due importance in building infrastructure and connecting with the people… after all, I always accept that the people of NE have forever been ignored in favour of the mainland…. However, as far as Gambhir is concerned, I think it was a very emotional and on the moment comment of his. Though terrorist attacks and bomb blasts have affected almost every part of this country, the Mumbai attacks was certainly different in its aggression, ferocity, temerity, intensity and directness. All this while, Pakistan was actually beating behind the bush and indirectly sponsoring terrorists but here we had Pakistani people actually crossing over and starting this mayhem…this was nothing short of a direct war and the people killed are definitely war heroes to us…so I think Gambhir was within his emotional rights to dedicate the WC victory to the Mumbai heroes!

Well said. Afridi is indeed wrong in making that statement and he must have realized it later. There is also a possibility, as you say, that he may be under pressure from some sector to change his earlier stance towards India. Afridi felt the impact of Gambhir's remark because every Pakistani is feeling guilty of Mumbai attack.