Dehradun, Nov. 28 -- The shooting of two National Guardsmen some 500 metres from the White House in Washington DC by an illegal immigrant from Afghanistan has led to another tirade by US President Donald Trump against 'aliens from hellhole countries'. He has described it as a terrorist attack, even though the exact reasons are not yet known. Trump's outrage is ironic, however, considering he feted and glorified the biggest patron of terrorism, Pakistan's Asif Munir, at the White House not so long ago. It is not possible to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds at the same time for too long.

The need to define terrorism in a way that is accepted by all has been reiterated many times at the United Nations by not just Indian delegations ...