Does India Harbour Territorial Ambitions Towards Pakistan or Not?

[suresh1773]

You can visit entire world and still fail to defend a single question. India invaded Pakistan and India has exhibited territorial ambitions against Pakistan. Its too obvious that you are trying to hide fact behind noise.

When Pakistan can invade in 1948 by sending tribal raiders from NFWP in Pakistan occupied Kashmir & again in 1965,u have Ayub's Khan misadventure. Do u think India should keep quite. When Pakistan can invade,why can't India,do we need any anybody's permission,sanction. Who is hiding the facts. India will never invade Pakistan in future,who wants to face TTP and other militant organizations.

 

[anonymus]

India has no territorial ambition towards Pakistan. It is counterproductive and tantamount to committing suicide.

On a divergent note, we could have territorial ambition if we could bring our muslim population below 5% level, or if go full Third Reich on muslims, though certainly under robust ballistic missile defence cover. Borders at HinduKush range are naturally defendable borders of India.

Just Saying for sake of argument.

 

[graphican]

When Pakistan can invade in 1948 by sending tribal raiders from NFWP in Pakistan occupied Kashmir & again in 1965,u have Ayub's Khan misadventure. Do u think India should keep quite.

I don't expect India to be quiet but I definitely expect India will be hostile and that has given me what I was trying to prove.

 

[Mutakalim]

Is demonising India as the perennial enemy only a ploy to justify military spending in Pakistan? With so much of the Pakistani budget allocated to military expenditure, it must be wide open to corruption. Is the Pakistani military elite creaming off money from the Pakistani military budget and using the Indian bogey man to justify that budget, thereby allowing the Pakistani military elite to enrich themselves at the country's expense? Is the militarisation of Pakistan a diversion or a distraction from the pressing economic and social needs of the great bulk of the Pakistani populace?

Threat is real. Try to understand other side of story. This is indian narrative.

 

[Sheikh Rauf]

What is need to Open such a threat.. it has nothing to do now. Pakistan is what it is India in reality wants to control Pakistan . Peace cant be in region till we solve Kashmir..3rd proper war is on our head and it will be begning of III rd ww.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

On a divergent note, we could have if we could bring our muslim population below 5% level, or if go full Third Reich on muslims, though certainly under robust ballistic missile defence cover. Borders at HinduKush range are naturally defendable borders of India.

Just Saying for sake of argument.

Yes, in that alone it would make proper sense. But I don't want a common border with Afghanistan. AT ALL. Koenrad Elst has valuable inputs on how to 'bring our Muslim population below 5% level. And he does not mention violence, he himself is a pacifist. So not comfortable about emulating the Third Reich here. Not because of moral constraints. (Because TR lost) Just saying.

 

[doppelganger]

The simple answer is, India long ago decided that territory was not worth it if it came with the people living on it. That is why Bangladesh was not annexed but allowed to stay separate.

We got the muslims that fitted in our scheme of things in 1947. More or less. The others did not fit then, and 67 years of separation from our scheme of things ensured that they would definitely not fit in now.

So short of a mass genocide or population transfer, the simple answer is that India will not have territorial designs on Pakistan in the sense that India will not actively try to internalize chunks of Pakistan now, as it did not in '71.

That of course does not equate to India not having other designs on Pakistan. Just not territorial ones. But purely strategic.

 

[ito]

India has no territorial ambition towards Pakistan. India wants to settle everything with Pakistan based on present realities on ground and move on. It is Pakistan that is hell bent on confrontation with India.

I was reading Dawn's news on Kerry's visits to India. There was a comment by Pakistani that popped out.

It is by some Haroon Al-Rashid and He writes "Kashmir is our jugular vein and we shall have it, even if we are left without Balochistan and Sind". And, guess what, I couldn't stop laughing for almost 5 min.

 

[Stephen Cohen]

India's military strength is for deterrence

We dont have any territorial ambiltions whatsoever

But Pakistan surely wants Kashmir and so we have to keep a strong Military

 

[doppelganger]

"Kashmir is our jugular vein and we shall have it, even if we are left without Balochistan and Sind".

As I said, strategic designs, definitely. Territorial designs, I don't think so.

 

[Selous]

the fact that Pakistan has no need of nuclear weapons.

We need them for Australia!

 

[Red Spinifex]

We need them for Australia!

Of course you do!

Ever heard of Eastern Australia? There is no territory by that name. If you want to make yourself fool, please, you have all the space you need for this noble cause.

And there is no Eastern Australia anyway, it is EASTERN STATES if you wanted to be correct. Western Australia exists but but it is name of that state. Too many mistakes and too many non-connecting lines.

What a lot of crap! How long have you lived in this country? Of course there is an Eastern Australia. Idiot!

 

[doppelganger]

We need them for Australia!

Of course you do!

I realize this is all very tongue in cheek, but it is probably one of the world's worst kept secrets that there are US nukes stationed on (and obviously off) the Australian mainland.

 

[Selous]

I realize this is all very tongue in cheek, but it is probably one of the world's worst kept secrets that there are US nukes stationed on (and obviously off) the Australia mainland.

Yes but in this context Australia also means India...seems there was a name change that I was not informed about...India is now known as Australia.

 

[Judge]

What is need to Open such a threat.. it has nothing to do now. Pakistan is what it is India in reality wants to control Pakistan . Peace cant be in region till we solve Kashmir..3rd proper war is on our head and it will be begning of III rd ww.

Not really. You see a WW necessitates the inclusion of other great powers in a war.

In Pakistan's case, no one else is going to join a war for Pakistan. Pakistanis like to think it would be a world war, but it actually wont.