War on Terror

Terror is not a person. Terror is not a government or a group. Terror is not an army. Terror is not a weapon. Terror is an emotion, a mindset. So how do you fight terror in a battlefield? How do you wage war against terror with guns, tanks, aircraft, ships and missiles? Terror doesn't reside in caves, deserts or villages. Terror resides in our minds. Terror resides in our thoughts, in our actions.

In the wake of the recent attacks in India someone close to me is now fearful of traveling to that country. Every time I cancel a travel plan out of fear, it's terror in action. Every time I worry about my safety despite having taken all precautions, it's fear in action. Isn't that what the terrorists want? To keep me in fear? How can you fight that fear in my mind by waging war half way across the world? Sure you can kill the terrorists, but will it end the terror? Or would I still be afraid? As long as I live in fear, all the armies of the world cannot win the "war on terror". The war on terror has to be fought in our minds. Fear exists in my mind and that's where I will kill it. I will not change my travel plans; I will not change my life. I will go where I need to go and do what I need to do. The war on terror is over. Terror has lost and I have won.