The wrong response to Paris would create countless new recruits

November 16, 2015 15:09

"The worst response to a tragic and horrific attack like that on Paris last night would be one that strengthens Isis. When French President Francois Hollande said we are at war with Isis today, he was right. But it is a war we can only win if we don't get provoked into the response they want from us.

"The response they expect.Parisians are sadly becoming all too used to this kind of violence. It was only in January this year when the attack on Charlie Hebdo left most of its staff dead or maimed. And now this, an attack so ferocious and brutal that Paris may take years to recover. Seven years ago, to this very month, gunmen also ran amok in Mumbai and unleashed terror that was to last four days and claim 166 lives. This is global war, and and it could be very well be a generational war."

Read Sunny Hundal's column for the Independent.

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