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From May 1998 till Feb 1999 India was an UN OFFICIAL Rouge state having broken
the scared NPT regime which was an article of faith for the Clinton regime
Prior to that from 1995 till 1998 we had also snubbed the CTBT and then went on to conduct the
Nuclear tests
Are you aware of the US move to sanction India under CHAPTER 7 of UN Security Council
Find out how dangerous is chapter 7 ; It is like sanctions on Iraq after Gulf war one
That was the level of HOSTILITY between India and USA
So India undertook the
1999 Bus trip to calm down the nerves in Western capitals
ALL of whom were predicting a Nuclear war between India and Pakistan
So Kargil was a GOD SEND oppurtunity for India to project itself
AS A RESPONSIBLE Nuclear power
India just could not have escalated Immediately
India would have escalated only in July if Indian Army had not been able to
evict them ; but we succeeded in our efforts
However there are reports of local conflicts on the LOC other than the Kargil sector
with Pakistan blaming India for attacking its posts
Also remember that Pakistan was still a US ally
Pakistan had been offered a HUGE package for NOT conducting Nuclear tests
but they spurned the offer
India US relations were very bad all throughout the decade of Nineties
They Infact IMPROVED after our mature Handling of Kargil