India wanted to break up Pak in 1971, secret papers reveal

[CardSharp]

All the talks about breaking Pakistan further is just bull sh!t....Yes there was a plan proposed by Army for complete desctruction of PA however it was rejected by then PM Indira Gandhi. Reason is plane and simple it would have been a disaster diplomatically....The reason 71 war was short and punitive in the east whereas defensive in the west is testamount to it...However is some dellusioned brains are hell bent on overlooking it then nothing can be done....

Yes that's why I used the past tense

Moral judgments like good and evil isn't really appropriate in such a situation. I have no doubt that India would have tried to destabilize Pakistan but what rational leader wouldn't have tried to break up a country with which they've fought 3 wars.

 

[justanobserver]

Originally Posted by Von Hölle
or is it, East Pakistan did not figure high on your priority list and all your affection(read strategic interests) were for west Pakistan only.

Their strategic interest was obvious when they vetoed the inclusion of Bangladesh into the UN

Originally Posted by gpit
causing Indian imperialists' knees to shiver and cold sweat to roll.

Why does a proud Chinese like you wear two flags of uber imperialist America?

Or does the sinoness only extend to confucian one-liners ?

 

[deckingraj]

Yes that's why I used the past tense

I know i was in agreement with your POV, i was just describing it further for interest of other readers, about how things unfolded