The amount of self flagellation is at extreme levels.
If tomorrow, God forbid, Pakistan becomes very weak and India stronger, they wouldn’t be able to take Azad Kashmir. One geography and the path from Indian proper to J&K is a bottleneck. Couple with the fact that bulk of the population in the valley hate the Indian forces. And add to the fact that Azad Kashmiri folks are one of the most anti Indian people considering the massacres their forefathers had to go through at the hands of Indian forces. We are not talking about an invasion of plains with tanks here.
Legally speaking, the Indians know that the J&K is a case pending UN resolutions that call for plebiscite. They’ll go at extreme lengths at making excuses to nullify the resolution.
I see some members complaining Pakistan to act when India declared Article 370. It was bound to happen one day. The stupid pro Indian Kashmiri leaders deserved it after the backstabbed the Kashmiris. Coming back to topic, Pakistan had made so many stupid mistakes and became economically and diplomatically weak to do anything about it.
Had Pakistan handled the Afghanistan situation better, controlled terrorism, focus on its economy we’d have more clout in taking the Indian government to task on their Article 370 move.
In conclusion, your small mistakes over decades extrapolate into strategic problems. You want to become strong. Focus on institutional harmony, political stability, human development, economy, accountability, and you will hold your own.
If tomorrow, God forbid, Pakistan becomes very weak and India stronger, they wouldn’t be able to take Azad Kashmir. One geography and the path from Indian proper to J&K is a bottleneck. Couple with the fact that bulk of the population in the valley hate the Indian forces. And add to the fact that Azad Kashmiri folks are one of the most anti Indian people considering the massacres their forefathers had to go through at the hands of Indian forces. We are not talking about an invasion of plains with tanks here.
Legally speaking, the Indians know that the J&K is a case pending UN resolutions that call for plebiscite. They’ll go at extreme lengths at making excuses to nullify the resolution.
I see some members complaining Pakistan to act when India declared Article 370. It was bound to happen one day. The stupid pro Indian Kashmiri leaders deserved it after the backstabbed the Kashmiris. Coming back to topic, Pakistan had made so many stupid mistakes and became economically and diplomatically weak to do anything about it.
Had Pakistan handled the Afghanistan situation better, controlled terrorism, focus on its economy we’d have more clout in taking the Indian government to task on their Article 370 move.
In conclusion, your small mistakes over decades extrapolate into strategic problems. You want to become strong. Focus on institutional harmony, political stability, human development, economy, accountability, and you will hold your own.