Christian Science Monitor on “Best Ways to React to India’s ‘9/11′”

An editorial in today’s Christian Science Monitor expresses concern over the responses of the nuclear-armed countries of India and Pakistan to the tragedy in Mumbai. It begins:

“Both India and Pakistan have a lot of nonreacting to do after a three-day siege in Mumbai (Bombay) that left nearly 200 dead. It is easy to forget that the primary goal of terrorists is to evoke fearful reactions that will further their aims. Fortunately, these longtime rival nations have so far shown restraint as well as resilience.

The vibrant city of Mumbai, the commercial and cultural capital of India, has already seen much of its business life return quickly to normal amid the mourning. Its stock market reopened Friday, for instance, midway during the ordeal. And Pakistan’s foreign minister, who was on a four-day visit to India when the attack began Wednesday, wisely didn’t cancel his trip.

India’s prime minister, Manmohan Singh, called for calm to keep the majority Hindus from rising up against his country’s 140 million Muslims. In Pakistan, where democracy was restored earlier this year, President Asif Ali Zardari warned, ‘We should not fall into the trap of the militants.’”

Read the entire editorial here.