jeypore
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maraetiny, ever heard of the saying "You scratch my back, and i will scratch yours"... and "The Enemy of my enemy is my friend"? Whilst there is little empirical or quantifiable evidence to support the theory that India has supported the Taliban in Pakistan (a proxy army, something our neighbours may have learnt from Kashmir Operations and interventions in Baluchistan.
With regards to Mumbai, sadly both governments played the underhand media game. Sad to say despite me being against the atrocities in India, our Neighbours constant mud slinging had completely put me off... I was recently reading an article titled "The Revenge Of The Near" by Sunil Khilnani. Now i often like Mr. Khilnani's work but this was simply atrocious... One quote "Indians are generally unwilling to address the problem of Pakistan head on, preferring to leave their nemesis to its chief paymaster and handler, Washington. "
How contradictory when he opens with the following: Urban Indians love the idea of a global, borderless world, where flows of trade and services trace virtual geographies.
Sadly, this is a mentality we cannot change. Also worth mentioning is the fact that the FIA (Federal Investigation Agency of Pakistan, Cyber Crime Wing) foiled multiple attempts to hack its website and computer networks within minutes of the interior ministrys disclosure of its preliminary findings. FIA foils attempts to hack its website -DAWN - Top Stories; February 15, 2009
Anyway i leave it to you to draw your own conclusions from this drama.
Here is the link to the article if you would like to read it for yourself : Why Mumbai Wasn't India's 9/11 | Newsweek International Edition | Newsweek.com
Mr. Ranger after reading the article, what I formulate is Mr. Sunil Khilnani is just showing the anger and fraustrations that all Indian are feeling towards the mumbai attacks. He also show fraustration of terroriost activities being so close to Indian proximity compare to United states. And dealing with Pakistan as a country overall.
Case in point:
Pakistan has never been able to establish a normal pattern of governance or to assert sovereignty over its own territory. India's most urgent task will thus be to minimize the degree to which Pakistan can pose threatsto its neighbors, to Europe and the United States and, finally, to itself. That will require India to work more assertively with the West, and to work both with andwhere necessaryagainst Pakistan
One quote "Indians are generally unwilling to address the problem of Pakistan head on, preferring to leave their nemesis to its chief paymaster and handler, Washington. "
Is it not the perception of the world let alone of Pakistanies, even recently the late payment made the headlines.
This is going off the tangent, but back to the topic. I believe it is plausible that India could be funding for proxy war with pakistan, especially baloch area, but it is very unlikely that they would for the taliban, like you have sujected. If any evidence would have been found the pakistan establishment would have played in the political arena gracefully, like they have done for the mumbai attacks. The true reason is that there is no evidence that links India with the taliban.
The author also gives example of graceful diplomacy:
Pakistan's leaders have thrived by two basic tactics: threatening that all will go to the dogs if they are ousted (Musharraf reaped rich rewards from the United States with this line) and pleading that the government is new and fragile and must be given a chance to get on course (the current line of President Asif Ali Zardari).