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'Pakistan is living in a fool's paradise to believe that it could win Kashmir'
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Sat, 26 Jun 1999 11:24:57 +0530 Is this all Chidambaram can do? Try and get political mileage when hundreds of soldiers are losing their lives? When will these bloody politicians become mature? This guy criticises the government when the need of the hour is unity. Of course the only need of the hour for all these guys is whether they keep their seats intact or not. His former party the Congress is solely responsible for the plight we are in today. Their 50 years of ineptness has led to this. Of course don't forget the time when the so-called Third Front, its constituents worth three-and-a-half seats each, ruled the roost. The present government is cleaning the garbage that's been left over by these idiots. Grow up Chidambaram. Get a life (and a regular job) !!! Vijay
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Sun, 27 Jun 1999 15:18:32 -0700 Dear Mr Chidambaram, Perhaps you feel you are more patriotic than all of us. But this is not the time to criticise the government which is taking upon itself the grave task of evicting the Pakistanis. Don't voice prophecies now, not at this juncture. Your party is the one that brought down the government in power. Which was taken as a sign of disunity and disharmony by the Pak army. Your party is the one that is waiting for a signal from Soniaji for the next step. Your party is also thinking of forming a third front together with the new Nationalist Congress Party. Before making any statement about the caretaker government, you should see the point: there should be only two main parties at the Centre. Only two sides. We can ill-afford weak coalition governments. We are wasting money on frequent elections which should rightfully go to defence and development. I hope you have the guts to tell your party not to attempt to form a third front which will not be a productive exercise. So join either the BJP or Soniaji's Congress. You will be doing a bit for stability instead of finding fault with others.
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Sat, 26 Jun 1999 11:40:49 +0000 This is a no-brainer. Why on earth would India have any cultural or sporting ties with Pakistan till they stop acting like a terrorist state whose only purpose is to destabilise India? I am disappointed that this common sense principle is not being followed by the policy makers of India. May be more articles like these will help. Good work! Sudhir Chadalavada
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Sun, 27 Jun 1999 17:38:14 EDT First of all, the author should realise that Pakistan still exists because of the high tolerance level of India. For instance: 1. Pakistan is making a big noise about its nuclear capability after testing a nuclear device a year back. Imagine what India could have done to Pakistan when it had first tested its nuclear device some two decades back. Moreover, India's nuclear capability is far ahead of Pakistan. 2. Regarding the Kargil situation, Pakistan is living in a fool's paradise to believe that it could win Kashmir. The Pakistan army should vacate the encroached area for its own good. I really pity people like the author who live in a country where there is no proper law and order, where there is economic chaos (Pakistan solely depends on IMF for its survival) etc. 3. Freedom of the press is suppressed in Pakistan. I really pity the author for living in a rogue state. I welcome him to stay in India and enjoy the innumerable benefits that India offers. Sri
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Sun, 27 Jun 1999 18:05:47 -0400 (EDT) I am surprised you published this article which is so clearly biased. Irrespective of if one is pro or against BJP, clearly the statement "Kargil is a direct outcome of Pokhran" is total crap. Pokhran did at least one thing: which was to expose Pakistani preparations for developing nuclear weapons. Their tests which came a couple of weeks after Pokhran could not have been organised in two weeks. If anyone claims that well, if they did not test they may not have been confident it would work, that claim would be empty because given fissile material of weapons grade and the timing device, explosion is more or less certain. The Pakistani nuclear build up had been happening for more than fifteen years, ever since A Q Khan stole centrifuge technology from the Netherlands and Germany. A Kargil-type operation has also been apparently in the pipeline for many years. The attempt by Zia Mian to get both the parties to the International Court in The Hague is also in vain. If anything, the company that let Khan steal centrifuge technology should be in the court in Hague to explain gross negligence of security. The larger implications of this security breach are many. Clearly, the Pakistanis could sell this technology in the open market (the fact that they show no responsibility by subjecting India to nuclear blackmail points to this). Besides, apart from the United States it is not possible to expect impartiality and fairness from other Western countries who have myopic eyes clouded from centuries of colonial vision. India and Pakistan alone can solve the problem by realising that their mutual interest lies in peace, that they both share a great heritage in literature, social development and communal harmony.
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Sun, 27 Jun 1999 16:31:37 PDT India doesn't need a Princeton University professor's ivory tower views on what it needs to do to protect every inch of its land. Every Indian citizen and the hundreds of brave sons of India defending our territory know that what is India's will be India's! No damn PPP's (Princeton-based Paki Prof) need to write smartass articles about what Kashmiri people need. The ideas, interests and fancies of individual groups, states, religions and creeds don't matter when it is a question of national security. Jai Hind! Vinod Nalluri
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Mon, 28 Jun 1999 18:23:31 +0800 The report has nothing special to add on the continuing discussions. The author has intelligently tried to defend Pakistan's misbehaviour in the Kargil crisis. It does not matter whether it is mountain or glacier or desert or whatever. Kashmir is an integral part of India. Pakistan is trying to grab Indian territory. So India has to defend it. It's as simple as that. And the "right to self-determination of the Kashmiris" is nothing but an excuse of the Pakistani government. A small faction of terrorists cannot speak for the entire Kashmir and its people. Also, it is none of Pakistan's business. Everybody wants a peaceful regime except the author's own countrymen. So the author is advised to give his precious suggestion to his own people rather than trying to justify the criminals.
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Mon, 28 Jun 1999 11:23:44 +0100 The legal position is very clear, but I guess Pakistanis want to take an ostrich attitude to it. The Instrument of Accession makes Kashmir a part of India, and it is Pakistan's position which is illegal. How can they justify occupying Indian territory? Whatever be the demography of the state, it is part of India, and Pakistan must vacate it. Moreover, the people of Kashmir had voted for Sheikh Abdullah in the first democratic elections after independence and they clearly knew what his stand was -- Kashmir was going to remain part of India, forever. There is no question of plebiscites or referendums after so many people have been driven out by Islamic terrorists. There can be no negotiations with terrorists. Zian Mian would do well to read the history of the state before he starts proffering legal solutions. Any legal solution has to be based on legal methods, not the barbarity that Pakistanis have displayed in Kashmir. Pakistan seems to think that it will create terror in Kashmir and then force others to intervene in the matter. They have recently been threatening the world with nuclear war unless other nations support its position. If that is not blackmail, I don't know what is. Pakistanis don't know the meaning of civil society or the rule of law. Fine thing it is, to hear of legal solutions from a Pakistani! Pakistan has been killing innocent Kashmiris for a decade now, and that has to stop. Pakistan needs to re-examine its identity --- does it want to live in the civilised world or in the barbaric world of the Islamic terrorist?
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Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:43:24 -0400 Let me say quite frankly, this article is pro-Pakistan, biased and untruthful. It seems that testing a nuclear device by India forced Pakistan also to test. Let me ask here, how come Pakistan did this in such a short time? It is clear that they also were ready to test. Also, why does Pakistan follow the policy of nuclear first use? Did India prompt them to take such a decision? And why is Pakistan trying to encroach into Indian territory? It's time that Pakistan give up its military adventurism, otherwise, I am afraid, there won't be any Pakistan left this time and permanent peace will prevail!
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Mon, 28 Jun 1999 07:30:34 PDT I think the United Nations is practically non-existent after its failure to keep NATO out of a local conflict in a sovereign nation. Any effective intervention by the UN is nothing less than day-dreaming. Also, Pokhran is not the beginning of anything, like Zia Mian makes out to be. It's been like this for the last fifty years. On the other hand, Pokhran has kept the so-called International Police (NATO) away from Kashmir.
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Mon, 28 Jun 1999 14:01:03 -0400 How come the United Nations becomes so relevant when it comes to the Kashmir conflict between India and a terrorist state like Pakistan? Zia Mian talks about the International Court of Justice and all those irrelevant puppet courts and international forums but was he in this world when the US attacked Osama bin Laden's hideouts or when NATO decided to give its soldiers some real good target practice in the guise of the Kosovo conflict. Well, I guess international laws don't really matter here, since the actions were from none other than the world's policeman (read US of A). Would like people to be more consistent! Regards, Krishna
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Mon, 28 Jun 1999 07:49:43 EDT With the help of Afghan Taliban terrorists, the renegade Pakistan Army has committed blatant aggression against India. The Pakistani lie -- that it only gives diplomatic and moral support to Islamic terrorists -- has been exposed by the American, British and German demands that it withdraw its forces from the Indian part of Kashmir. Even the Western media now confirm that the weapons and equipment used by the aggressors come from Pakistan. They also acknowledge the existence of hundreds of training camps in Pakistan where terrorism and murder is taught in the name of Islam. The Pakistan government has systematically and brazenly sponsored murder and terrorism in India for more than a decade without fearing any retaliation. Pakistan's prime minister has clearly said that such aggression will happen again and again. This is a classic case of diminishing responsibility. After silently suffering Pakistani terrorism and aggression for decades, India must now justifiably take military action for its long-term security. As Pakistan seeks to blackmail the civilised world with its nuclear weapons, it forgets that its capability is not decisive. Unless Pakistan is taught a permanent lesson for its blatant aggression, it will continue to foster and spread terrorism year after year. India must not come under outside pressure, and must severely punish Pakistan for its aggression. India must not feel content just by pushing the intruders out. All the strategic areas in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir must be captured and retained. If the Indian government is worried about the Pakistani nuclear threat now, it must realise that later on that threat will become more and more viable. If Pakistan can play at brinkmanship, India must gather the guts, the willpower and the vision to go one step further. We must put so severe a military pressure on Pakistan that it breaks down.
Mukund Kher
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