1. America is the "bara saab" acknowledged by successive Indo-Pak leadership who are dependent on USA for various reasons. So in truth a final outcome here has to be okay-ed by USA. There are very few people in the world as unfortunate as the Kashmairis.The land is so beautiful. So are the people. And they by themselves are economically sound. Yes, every one has always remembered to forget the Kashmiris.
2. Have you traveled on the road Jammu to Srinagar? If you haven't then you are not born, says the Kashmiris. From Bhimbar's front positions (Koel-Moel posts perhaps) or from Phuklean across R Jammu Tawi/Munawwar Tawi you can see Samba with binos. But try and venture nearer and you will enter a place of beauty incomparable. Unlike the ares north of Bhimbar this location has a great charm. From Kotli northwards, across Tain feature, the mountains are rather rugged.
3. Perhaps Mush and Vajpaye had reached a formula which would have given them a joint Nobel. But Indian leadership around Vajpaye had threatened a revolt. We do not know what the formula was or what the Indians objected to. But from various media reports the understanding seems to have been to convert the once CFL, and now LOC, into an international border. Jammu and Leh would join India, and the Valley would be independent. India on its part would accept Akshai Chin belonging to China; and accept Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas as Pakistan territory. There would be a peace - but at the unfortunate cost of the Kashmiris. Most Indians define J&K to include Pak NA also -and they want all. Most Pakistanis do not want to betray Kashmiris after all the sacrifices made.
4. Is the Kashmiri struggle diminishing? For the moment perhaps. But gone are the days when Kashmiris, except the Suddans, were treated as non-martial, passive, etc. Once a people learn to shed blood for freedom it is not possible to keep them down. That is the verdict of history.
5. America's stance seems to be ridiculous because they are perplexed, if not confused, like everyone else.
> Pakistan occupied Kashmir and Aksai chin is stolen territory from India, This is disputed territory
> The so called Kashmir struggle is a Armed Insurgency, fueled, organised, funded and orchestrated by the state of Pakistan as a tool of asymmetric warfare against India.
> Pakistani backed militants have selectively targeted and killed Hindu Kahmiri Pandits, and coerced them into leaving there homelands
> Pakistan had tried to annexe kashmir in 1947 and 1965, failure of which and defeat in 1971 led the pakistani establishment to rethink their engagement terms to hurt India. Asymmetric warfare was the only option as pakistani establishment cannot think of any scenario in which they can win against India in direct military confrontation.
>This rethink in policy led to ISI's support to Khalistan and kashmir movements.
>these following agencies involved in Kashmir Insurgency:
Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM)
Harkat-ul-Ansar (HuA, presently known as Harkat-ul Mujahideen)
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)
Jaish-e-Mohammad Mujahideen E-Tanzeem (JeM)
Harkat-ul Mujahideen (HuM, previously known as Harkat-ul-Ansar)
Al Badr
Jamait-ul-Mujahideen (JuM)
Lashkar-e-Jabbar (LeJ)
Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami(HUJI)
Muttahida Jehad Council (MJC)
Al Barq
Tehrik-ul-Mujahideen
Al Jehad
Jammu & Kashmir National Liberation Army
People’s League
Muslim Janbaz Force
Kashmir Jehad Force
Al Jehad Force (combines Muslim Janbaz Force and Kashmir Jehad Force)
Al Umar Mujahideen
Mahaz-e-Azadi
Islami Jamaat-e-Tulba
Jammu & Kashmir Students Liberation Front
Ikhwan-ul-Mujahideen
Islamic Students League
Tehrik-e-Hurriat-e-Kashmir
Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Fiqar Jafaria
Al Mustafa Liberation Fighters
Tehrik-e-Jehad-e-Islami
Muslim Mujahideen
Al Mujahid Force
Tehrik-e-Jehad
Islami Inquilabi Mahaz
Supported by major trusts like :
Al-Rashid Trust
Al-Akhtar Trust
Rabita Trust
Ummah Tamir-e-Nau
This asymmetric warfare has led to large presence of Indian military in the J&K state which has disrupted the natural progression of democratic privileges. Pakistan is responsible for the hardships being faced by Kashmiris. Reforms and stability driven programs cannot be implemented without peace. Peace is covertly disrupted in this region by coercion and by subversion by Pakistani elements to ensure this region remains disgruntled.
If pakistan was so concerned about kashmir, they have been administering P.o.K since 1948, how may Universities, Colleges, Factories, development projects have been deployed in P.o.K compared to Islamabad or Lahore??