Counter-terrorism: Politicians play games

Barack Obama faces bigger terrorist threats to his life than Manmohan Singh. But we don’t see security guards standing behind Obama when he delivers a public speech. When Manmohan Singh or Sonia Gandhi speak, ear-phoned and presumably armed guards stand right behind them. Narendra Modi or Mayawati (as CM) wouldn’t move about without those menacing, finger-on-the trigger machinegun soldiers encircling them—a spectacle unseen in any other democracy in the world.

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