New Delhi: Outgoing US Ambassador to India Robert Blackwill on July 29 condemned terrorism against India and said no religion or political cause could justify these "merciless acts".

In his farewell address at a luncheon hosted by FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry), Blackwill, who leaves for home on July 30 after a memorable two-year stint, expressed confidence that India and US together would win the war against terrorism.

Voicing grave concern over the India's death toll from terrorism, Blackwill said, "No respectable religion could excuse these merciless acts.

"No moral framework could sanction these abominations. No political cause could justify these murders of innocents and yet they go on."

Pointing out to the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US and "nearly everyday in India", Blackwill said the terrorist outrages against the two countries will not continue indefinitely.

"We know this from the Ramayana, and many other holy books. Good does triumph over evil, although it sometimes takes more time than we would like. We will win the war on terrorism, and the United States and India will win it together - because we represent good, and terrorists are evil incarnate. God will make it so," he said.

PTI