Discounting geographical terrain while analysing the complexity of the circumstances of Manipur would be oversimplification of the whole issue and also would be a fatal error.

Geography of Manipur where some of the greatest battles of the world took place, like for example between British and Japanese during the World War II. Now, while we expect 100% fullproof, iron-dome kind of level of security to be available at all places at all times, we need to understand the paucity or the difficulty of this kind of arrangement. For one, no security group be it state police or CAPF (Not armed forces like army which are meant strictly for defending India) can guard 24x7 and give an assurance of safety at every hill ridge, every foothill, every land passage or even villages with less to even no human settlement, given the limited resources, limited purpose and also the limited know-how of this kind of operation. 

Also the mandate given for counter insurgency operations to the joint security forces or to the designated security group, at these times, would be muddled with great confusion given the ethnic division within the rank and file and even within the higher ranking officials. Without cooperation, without coordination and without sharing of intelligence, no operation can be conducted successfully. Moreover, input from the ground by the intelligence units will always be value-neutral with zero emotion attached and always in the national interest. 

National interest cannot be a one way street. While we are drenched in the sentimental attachment of our land, the deeds taken up for the national interest will always be perceived as antithetical to our beliefs and desires. This confrontational approach has been a problem since decades. The collective thinking of the public needs to be brutally pragmatic and sincere. The great patriotic men and women are clearly missing when we needed them the most. They all are busy in donations and investment. If they can't satisfactorily send out a message of willingness and grit then they need to surrender their approach and join the mainstream as soon as possible. 

The approach.
As much as we would like to see all the gun wielding men and women of all communities to be arrested and put behind bars, the difficulty in doing that is quite understandable. Instead of the usual photo-op confiscations that are being showcased from time to time, if real operations were to begin at one place with real arrest of gun wielding individuals then the furore and chaos from that place will be unimaginable. The same for any other place. 

I mean, who would have the guts to rise up to the occasion to get that massive headache? The thing is, at the moment, whatever concrete hard action anyone takes, he will surely be crucified and declared as 'Public Enemy No. 1'.