Relativity-

War against terrorism. The price of life is also relative. It depends on your family, your earnings, your importance to the society and above all your country. As a rule, the life of a US citizens is the most expensive. As US is the richest country and more importantly, most powerful country.

Referring to TOI, 10th Jan '07, news on page 16, US strikes Al-Qaeda hideouts in Somalia. The President, the interior minister are all defending us's right to attack. Dare they say anything else; that too a country whose sole existence depends on the aids it can procure.

There were no figures mentioned as to how many died. Who cares anyways. It is the price everyone else has to pay for the security of US citizens.

This is what the govt. spokesman Abdi Rehman had to say, "Absolutely, a lot of people were killed. So many dead people were lying in the area, we do not know who is who, but the raid was a success".So, we don't know how many died , we don't know who died but we know that the raid was a success. Now, that the terrorists have been eliminated we have a more secure world ;-) .

So what if there were unidentified dead bodies strewn all over the place; as it is what brand equity does such a life have. Nobody even cares. But i can clearly visualise a documentary, hordes of condolence messages, statues and places marked, had even one such operation carried out in the US. No brand value, no sorrow......relativity u see.