Politicspeak

A report on NDTV.com -
Addressing a public meeting last night, Chidambaram said he had met Prabhakaran and talked with him for hours. "He (Prabhakaran) was not our enemy. We were opposed to the path chosen by him."

Is he trying to say that basically Prabhakaran is a good guy but the path which he has adopted is wrong hence he should be revered? Would the same thinking be applied by Mr.Chidambaram to all criminals/terrorists/anti social elements?
Is this what we would like to hear from our Home Minister?
This worries me about the garden path that we are being led on.

Another report about the railway accident in which 50 people lost their lives has our Railway Minister stating thus -
"I am suspicious about the cause of the accident," Banerjee told reporters when asked about the circumstances that led to the mishap.
"We have some doubt in our mind. Whatever happened is not casual thing. We will take all strong steps against those who are behind this," she said before proceeding for the accident site.

She feels it is not casual! I mean who would, specially in an accident where 50 people have lost their lives? And if she says she has some doubts, that indicates that she must have anticipated something like this to happen. And if she did, why was prevention not preferred to cure?
In their squabble of power politics how much has the citizen to suffer?

I solicit answers.

Diiferently wirred - 5

Mobs on a rampage
Destroy the cause they fight for
When will people learn?
The latest is this call for shutting down the country for a day (6am to 6pm), given by the opposition parties, against the soaring inflation due to failed policies of the Government and another fuel price hike that would further boost the rising cost of living and increase the number of people below the poverty line. How shutting down the country for twelve hours help the cause? Nobody cared to answer. The only interesting fallout of the exercise was the coming together of all parties of various hues on a common platform. This protest was an obvious case of political posturing and not a solution to the problem.
Mobs will be formed and mindless violence be indulged in, resulting in destruction of private and public property. Antisocial elements will make merry while the law enforcing machinery of the state will be stretched. The daily wage labourer will have to go hungry for yet another day.
The electronic media will be extremely busy raising their TRPs by vying to be more gruesome than the other and encouraging the destruction that can be filmed and shown over and over again.
The politicians will make their appearance in the street only to be arrested and released so they can go home feeling good about their ‘contribution’ to the ‘well being’ of the people whom they represent.
This is one of the ways by which the great institution of democracy is abused and degraded.