I think a revision of the national character of viewing oneself as helpless to the scheming that occurs in foreign lands is in order. In civil society, it would be considered improper to interfere with the internal politics of a neighbour. But we are not in the presence of a neighbour that is in control of itself.
The situation is not akin to a neighbour not stopping it's dog from pooping in one's garden, the issue is one of the neighbour breeding mosquitoes in his pool and encouraging them to infect us with diseases. The solution is to go over the fence and clean the pool. But our national character doesn't allow us to do that, yet. Preemptive strike is taboo, and unless we can implore those who do not share this ethic to do the needful for us, we are left waiting for the next attack.
Our policy so far has been to put "international pressure". But one thing is clear, as our economic stature grows, the chances of finding ourselves at a position where the rest are weaker than us increases. At that point, we will have to do our "pool cleaning". The question is will our national character be ready for taking those steps then? Will we collectively bay for the blood of those in far away lands plotting to spill our blood?
It is my view that we are not yet as strong as we should be. Our internal and external defence is weak. We need a police force that is atleast 5 times more than what it is now, and a regular army more equipment rich and gadget heavy that it is. A soldier is no longer the cutting edge solution, but an UAV is. As PM, I intend to free govt attention from irrelevant activities like sports and entertainment and focus on real issues like security and defence.
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