See that's the core of our problem..We do make statements but unfortunately don't understand the reality....Anyways let me ask you a question...Who as per you was a statesman in past 6 decades of our history...Also who in this current breed is a statesman in your eyes??? Answer these questions honestly and probably you will get what i am trying to say...
Past PMs - Shri Lal Bahadur Shahtri, Shri PVNR, Shri Vajpayee and Shrimati Indira (for the way she deftly handled the 1971 war)
Present Leaders - Nitih Kumar, Narendra Modi and Pranab Mukherjee
MMS is definitely a scholar and is surely a wise man...Peace with Pakistan is the only choice...We must keep on pursuing it...there is nothing wrong in it...what we are wrong is the other side of the coin...i.e. make the terrorist pay for their deeds...and here every govt. who was/is in center has failed miserably...Just to point out here..lot of my friends accuse congress being soft on terror and prefer BJP over them...However just for records sake our actions against enemy in the aftermath of Parliament attack cost us around 800 soldiers and emboldened the enemy even further...
Peace with Pakistan is just an added goody but I wont agree that it is the only way out for India. India can well afford to maintain status-quo without any appreciable damage, infact with very little damage. And by saying peace with Pakistan I hope you meant the Pakistani govt. Let me tell you that is worth nothing unless you buy peace with the Pakistani Army and surely you must know that it is next to impossible as that is only possible if we give away Kashmir and that is imposssible to do in India. So the bottom line is these talks serve nothing and is only a waste of tax money on the people of both India and Pakistan.
There have been more than 15 rounds of Talks b/n these two countries. Tell me one appreciable benefit that has come India's way due to these talks. Just one.
Secondly coming to the oft criticized Op.Parakram let me tell you it was a political masterstroke that broke the backbone of the militancy in J&K without actually going to war with Pakistan. Such a huge mobilisation scared the shyt out of the US which then pressured Mushy to dismantle more than 90%. of the terrorist training camps in P-o-K.
Want proof ? See the following graph and see how the casualties which were steadily increasing till 2001 peaked in 2002 and started declining sharply after that. Op.Parakram took place exactly during the same time. Coincidence ? I dont think so. Even Musharaff acknowledged it later on.
I might sound like a congress supporter but just to make things clear i am going to vote for BJP in next elections because of abysmal performance of congress on other fronts...
Buddy its not about being Congress or BJP supporter. Even I supported MMS during his early tenure and especially during his un-charateristic boldness during the Nuclear deal. But that guy is simply not aware that peace with Pakistan is not possible unless you relinquish Kashmir - which is a definite political suicide in India - and stop wasting time and money on that.
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I don't mean to go to war with Pakistan. Just treat it with the indifference it deserves and move on with your internal business of nation building. No need to acknowledge,accomodate and pamper them.
Well is it a surprise..We have plenty of war mongers but on BOTH SIDE...However what most of these folks miss is that peace is the only option that both India and Pak have...Pak cannot snatch away from Kashmir by force and nor does any proxy war, Period. Past 4 wars and 2 decades of proxy war is a testament to what i am saying...India cannot bully Pakistan and force her to forget Kashmir...Again past 4 wars and 2003 debacle is a testament to it...
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Its just not bullying. Its just that we cannot make them forget Kashmir whatever be the means - war,talks,pampering, bribing etc.
Nothing can make them forget Kashmir.For them its linked with their idealogy of the struggle of believers vs unbelievers. Its high time MMS realises it.