The British PM said in an interview to NDTV that Pakistan has to close terror camps on its soil to which Pakistan has reacted quite angrily saying its oft-repeated we-are-a-victim-too excuse.
It says it has done more than any nation has done. Question. Is it not in the present situation precisely because it has been a breeding ground for terrorism? There is an old saying that even if one takes care of a snake in its infancy it will grow up and bite its owner. This applies very well in this case also. Bush talked about the war on terror. What he did not mention was that this was something the US had created, this is a well known thing worldwide now. So lamenting that it is a victim when it has created the problem does not make sense.
The civilian government in Pakistan does not seem to have any control over either the ISI or the Army who actually have called the shots historically. Musharraf was busy with the Kargil invasion even as Nawaz Sharif was talking to AB Vajpayee. Till date to my knowledge nothing has happened to Musharraf for the coup against the civilian government too. That I believe was one of the conditions for him to cede power. Today he is apparently busy on the lecture circuit.
Apart from Kashmir and terrorism water has cropped up as an important issue today. Apparently Musharraf himself in a paper that he had submitted has predicted this would happen. Pakistan is blaming India for its water problems while it has been seen that it needs to manage its water properly before it can point a finger at India. It has also been blaming India for terror attacks on its soil. It has long maintained that insurgency in its Balochistan province is supported by India. There is prevailing denial mode where Pakistan refuses to accept responsibility for its problems and simply blames India for them. There has been a sense in India that Pakistan has always had to keep the Kashmir cauldron boiling so that its own domestic problems are not concentrated upon. I am sure the general, educated public in Pakistan (or at least some of them) understand the truth. But this will surely be a minority. And as they say, a good man's silence is worse than an evil person's activities.
2 comments:
terrorism: its like a bone stuck in its windpipe...cant swallow it cant vomit it out.The problem is nobody knows how to control its armed forces and thus the terrorism. Politics in pakistan dont have balls enough to take on army.
Water: wait for a few years and you will see water problem has solved automatically. because all the major rivers originate from china. the speed with which china is damming all these rivers is phenomenal.
hmm, interesting point about China
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