Awful. RIP to those murdered.
Political violence works. To stop it from working you must administer more violence; selectively and with precision. Generally, those who turn to violence do so because they are too weak to win by any other means.
Maoist Rebels?
Who are they?
I am guessing they are communist followers of Mao.
Is China somehow involved with training or supplies?
In all those years, the Maoists never figured it out. On one hand, it is quite possible they are being abused and taken advantage of by large landowners. On the other hand, in what world do these people think the state would capitulate to demands backed by violence?
It is a losing strategy...
Let’s make sure we get the right information here: These are not “rebels”. They are maoist/communist guerillas. And they’re not really fighting for land for the poor. That may be what they say, but that’s just their convenient fig leaf for attacking the government. Their real purpose is to stage an insurgency and attempt the overthrow of the legitimate Indian government through force, either direct force or the threat of force, and to replace it with an openly-communist government likely closely aligned with the Chinese.
This is INDIA, folks.
Ya tellin’ me that the MUZZIES are not involved in all this?
...when they are allied with the Commies EVERYWHERE else in the world where there is conflict?
REALLY??
Gotta bridge here for sale to ya, somewheres.........
“The rebels have been fighting the central government for more than four decades, demanding land and jobs for tenant farmers and the poor.”
But as with all things socialist (aka: “liberal”, more recently “progressive”), it is never about the immediate thing, there is always some future thing that is the real goal.
If you give in to these demands they will quickly be back with bigger demands.
Communism, so good you have to terrorize people into accepting it...
When asked to comment, Anita Dunn said Mao was still her favorite political philosopher.
That was mistake. You can slaughter ordinary people all day long, but kill members of the elite. I’ll say the Maoists are in for it now.