Comments on: Can India, Pakistan possibly back off in Afghanistan?

By: rex minor

rex minor — Sat, 22 May 2010 19:26:11 +0000

@Foch
Honourable force for whom? Your premise that force can be honourable is an illusion. The force which massacred sikh nastionals and withdrew against the chinese army can never be classified as honourable feats. O’h, yes they are doing some good work as mercenaries for the UN peace keeping mission and recently they were put on circus show to celebrate with the French army. India remains largely a backward and very poor country. In my view the country has the potential to become a great nation but with the current fakir mentality political leadership I doubt if there is chance in this century at least. Pakistan is no better, keeping kashmiris by force and so called tibetans monks as refugees is not a Nationhood. You guys have to learn a lot from the chinese, namely do not interfere in the domestic domain of others. Yes, I am concerned about the oppressed people and more so about their oppressors.

By: foch

foch — Fri, 21 May 2010 08:12:24 +0000

Hi Rex,
The Indian Army is one of the most honourable force in the entire world. It has respected Indian Democarcy and the rule of law thruout its existence. As for the Kashmiris they are better off in India and not in Pakistan. If you are so concerned about oppressed people force Israel out of West Bank and China out of Tibet and Sinkiang, where they terrorise their people, and leave India alone

By: rex minor

rex minor — Fri, 14 May 2010 23:45:33 +0000

India is a great country and could become a great nation if it were to stop the use of military on its own people. Indian army is still a colonial styled force, let it become a national army and let the kashmiris go their wayif they desire independance.

By: john Donne

john Donne — Tue, 11 May 2010 06:09:56 +0000

Mr Rajesh,
do have all dreams or sapnas, as you often do in your movie songs of your ‘great’ country, having over a billion population, no matter living by and large a miserable existence, having a ‘democracy’ which arranges regular elections, calls itself secular, but causes you to live with out-dated way of life based on myths.
You can’t think independently, courtesy your propaganda machine, no less effective than that of the Nazis.
Your delusion of grandeur has for good reason has been propped up by aliens, who love to exploit your market and align you against China.
Enjoy all delusions against Pakistan. Stew in your own juice.
In the meantime Pakistan will continue to go on till doomsday. ‘There is a tide in the affairs of men’, says the bard. So with nations.

By: rajesh jogani

rajesh jogani — Thu, 06 May 2010 07:38:52 +0000

maybe India has delusions of greatness, maybe even the foreign investors who are pumping billions into the country are deluded. But there are no delusions of Pak being a failed state.

By: Sharafat

Sharafat — Mon, 03 May 2010 14:12:19 +0000

Let India host millions of Afghan refugees for 30 years, and all the associated problems that come with them, before expecting to have influence in Afghanistan. It is India’s delusions of greatness that are the problem, not Pakistani influence in Afghanistan.

By: Dara

Dara — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:21:37 +0000

Will IIndia sit back and watch itself being diminished?

In the short run, yes. What else can it do? It has already tried out the only strategy it has,appealed to the US, as it does always in matters concerning reining in Pakistan, and has been greeted by lip service. The problem with Indian diplomacy is that there is no one who believes in a long term plan. Our foreign policy, even with regards to a smaller Bhutan, is reactionary never pro-active.

I am trying to remember one instance where India has taken the initiative, other than to try and use international goodwill to pressurise Pakistan. What has it ever done on its own which has stood it in good stead vis a vis Afghanistan or even in dealing with Pakistan?

Not being able to look ahead India itself has dealt itself a weak hand.

By: Mohan Kapur

Mohan Kapur — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:06:33 +0000

I don’t think that India will sit back and watch Pakistan empower Talibans to hurt indian interests in Afganistan as it did in 1990′s. This time India is economically in a much stronger position and also has global ambition. It is true that India does not share border with Afganistan and has no afgani cultural links as Pakistan has with afganistan. India’s investment in Afganistan to develope infrastructure is like insurance policy premiums to promote its long term interests. If Pakistan becomes stable in the near future then it will do business with central asian countries thru Pakistan/Afganistan. If Pakistan unravels and disintegrated then India will do business with Balochstan/Afganistan and tap Balochstan petroleum resources. Either way it is a worthwhile investment and India is smart enough to protect its investment.