That is the price Pakistan paid to get back its prisoners of war of its defeated Army, only to have them hang its elected PM a few years later.
Yes. It can be roundly summed in the exact same words. The price Pakistan paid for bringing back its 90,000 Prisoners of War.
Whether or not it was worth it is a question for Pakistanis to answer - including
@AgNoStiC MuSliM .
@AgNoStiC MuSliM - there is one more thing I forgot to add. Pakistan
can get out of this straitjacket by getting India to sign another treaty that supersedes the SA. The question is - will Pakistan be able to. It would require an India under extreme duress and fighting to save itself and Pakistan on a new level of Strength.
Having said that, I will also say that it will be to India's advantage too to make peace, as it will be to Pakistan.
I disagree.
On a short term goal - yes, it would be to India's advantage to make peace. Economy, stability, etc, etc. A lot of things in favour of it.
But if you look at a long term goal - then No. Making peace is not to India's advantage. See by having Kashmir - and by extension India - as an unresolved issue for Pakistanis means blinding Pakistanis to all else.
As long as they focus on us, they themselves keep the Islamist currency in circulation regardless of whether it is encouraged by the PA or not.
Pakistanis will be attracted towards notions of jihad and world domination and removal of 'al yahood o hunud' problem. They will find solace in religion
as long as they feel 'injustice' has been done to them. That means till this go on they will keep taking decisions (keeping religion their absolute focus) which will be disastrous one after the other.
What they will not do is take a hard look at where they are heading, what religion is doing to them. Pakistan is an outward looking society - unlike India (which is an inward looking society)- and consequently, what happens outside rivets them more. On its own being an outward or inward looking society both have their advantages and disadvantages.
India cannot break Pakistan anymore. It is out of question. Modern states are incapable of that. Onlyl internal machinations and contradictions can do it. I find this course Pakistan is on currently (and has been for the last couple of decades)- an agreeable one.
I am quite sure you will not like my post being a Pakistani, but the logic underlining it is one to be considered if you do it dispassionately.