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Thursday, October 20, 2011
On American troops lining up on Pakistan tribal region
I think it's a bad idea for Americans to engage militants inside Pakistan.
I don't doubt that a section of Pakistani eastablishment is aiding the militants. There was the Khalistan terrorist movement in Punjab which got finance from America based Sikhs. When that didn't dismember India, Pakistan started the Kashmir terrorism. What Pakistan is reaping today in terms of violence and instability is what it sowed back then. I do not enjoy Pakistan's discomfiture and neither do a majority of Indians.
Pakistan alone can untie the knot that she has created. It's dangerous and insolent behaviour for other countries to interfere in her internal affairs. The Pakistani Army General's statement that Pakistan is a nuclear country cannot be discounted but not for his belligerant reasons. Pakistan can hardly hit back at America now and she can't morally target India for what Americans are doing. The critical point to note is that today there is atleast a section of the Pakistani people who are willing to address the terrorism issue. If they get engaged in another front, they cannot safeguard the nukes or stop militants from entering Kashmir with impunity.
Pakistan has for all purposes fallen into the hands of the Chinese, which isn't good for India or America. Pakistan doesn't need American aid anymore - Americans cannot afford it these days while Chinese have a cash surplus. While America can say that they don't need Pakistani help any more since militancy has largely been eliminated, if Americans get entangled inside Pakistan, they will lose all the gains they have got till now in Afghanistan. The militants will simply have free and equal access in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
It's more important for India than America since India has to live with the aftermath of any war as compared to America which can get back temporarily to another continent. I want to forewarn Indians about one issue. Just like a Khalistan terrorism, when it failed, transformed into a well-organized Kashmiri terrorism, Kashmiri terrorism can transform into a well-organized Maoist terrorism unless it is checked as soon as possible. It is vital to break any Kashmiri-Maoist nexus. Kashmiri terrorism is almost dead but those who want to break India won't keep idle for long - they will look for a new opening. The opening most likely to be is the North-Eastern Indian states - there are every indications for the growth of well-organised terrorism there. If Indians today alienate Pakistan, they can be rest assured that all the know-how, resources etc. of the declining Kashmiri terrorists will be passed on to the Maoists. I'm not against China - I'm merely stating an observation as a concerned Indian citizen. If the good and friendly people in Pakistan are not acknowledged and supported, they cannot help India in any way. A safe and secure Pakistan is always in the best interests of India.
I don't doubt that a section of Pakistani eastablishment is aiding the militants. There was the Khalistan terrorist movement in Punjab which got finance from America based Sikhs. When that didn't dismember India, Pakistan started the Kashmir terrorism. What Pakistan is reaping today in terms of violence and instability is what it sowed back then. I do not enjoy Pakistan's discomfiture and neither do a majority of Indians.
Pakistan alone can untie the knot that she has created. It's dangerous and insolent behaviour for other countries to interfere in her internal affairs. The Pakistani Army General's statement that Pakistan is a nuclear country cannot be discounted but not for his belligerant reasons. Pakistan can hardly hit back at America now and she can't morally target India for what Americans are doing. The critical point to note is that today there is atleast a section of the Pakistani people who are willing to address the terrorism issue. If they get engaged in another front, they cannot safeguard the nukes or stop militants from entering Kashmir with impunity.
Pakistan has for all purposes fallen into the hands of the Chinese, which isn't good for India or America. Pakistan doesn't need American aid anymore - Americans cannot afford it these days while Chinese have a cash surplus. While America can say that they don't need Pakistani help any more since militancy has largely been eliminated, if Americans get entangled inside Pakistan, they will lose all the gains they have got till now in Afghanistan. The militants will simply have free and equal access in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
It's more important for India than America since India has to live with the aftermath of any war as compared to America which can get back temporarily to another continent. I want to forewarn Indians about one issue. Just like a Khalistan terrorism, when it failed, transformed into a well-organized Kashmiri terrorism, Kashmiri terrorism can transform into a well-organized Maoist terrorism unless it is checked as soon as possible. It is vital to break any Kashmiri-Maoist nexus. Kashmiri terrorism is almost dead but those who want to break India won't keep idle for long - they will look for a new opening. The opening most likely to be is the North-Eastern Indian states - there are every indications for the growth of well-organised terrorism there. If Indians today alienate Pakistan, they can be rest assured that all the know-how, resources etc. of the declining Kashmiri terrorists will be passed on to the Maoists. I'm not against China - I'm merely stating an observation as a concerned Indian citizen. If the good and friendly people in Pakistan are not acknowledged and supported, they cannot help India in any way. A safe and secure Pakistan is always in the best interests of India.
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