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You need to qualify this statement.
The Pakistani liberal does not think this way. His number is growing;.
I have heard Pakistani liberals saying that Pakistan should forget Kashmir because they are never going to get it, instead Pakistan should strengthen the country from inside. But number of liberals in Pakistan is very small.
They already got part of kashmir. They want rest of it (except the chinese bit).
Ontopic: I believe many princely states were bribed, forced , threatened to be either with pakistan or India. This was done by british as well as other leaders because they wanted two countries which are feasible in long run (bits of pakistan in India or bits of India in pakistan would have made no sense)
I am sure many pakistanis will agree, a part of their country being thousands of mile away (east pakistan) was absurd, and bound to end up in a conflict)
Pakistanis please raise the Junagarh issue in UN and OIC.
Also, the Dravidistan and Hyderabad issue.You will get back a "thenga".
first, there isn't much of 'bit of India in Pakistan' but lots of 'bits of Pakistan in India' gulped in by Samraj thinking.
second, yes there was bound to be conflict with India in the middle.
You need to qualify this statement.
The Pakistani liberal does not think this way. His number is growing; growing at a glacial pace, maybe, but clearly visible, very, very brave, willing to put their money where their mouths are, and have faced death and deadly assault. They want Kashmir to be negotiated out of the way, so that it is no longer a rallying cry for their own radicals and fundamentalists.
The Pakistani fauji, the normal version which probably constitutes 90% of the forces, does not think this way. They want Kashmir settled on their terms, but have always said so, and have displayed no aggressive instincts outside that; Sir Creek is negotiable, has been negotiated to a settlement, and except for provocative acts of terror, would have become history by now. Siachen and Kargil are inextricably intermingled in this section's mind, and it is not possible to convince them otherwise; they are sure that they were paying back one dastardly deed with another. As individuals, they might be disdainful of Indian loose administration that allows majoritarians to get away with more than they should, and as individuals, they might blush if an Indian within earshot clears his throat in a meaningful manner. A plebiscite in Kashmir, and reasonable parity with Indian forces, and they don't want anything more.
The normal mango Pakistani wants Kashmir back, plebiscite or no plebiscite. He has it firmly fixed in his mind that Kashmir 'belonged' to Pakistan, and no amount of logic or presentation of contrary facts will change their minds. But they will growl and grumble and heave half-a-brick towards the glass front of an Indian embassy or consular location, burn an effigy or ten, and then go home, warm with satisfaction at having fought the good fight. That's where it stops. Rioters mean nothing to India; we should let the Pakistan Police worry about that.
That leaves a sour, embittered, indoctrinated bunch who are cannon fodder for crazy fanatics who want blood, all the time, who will take to arms and sneak across the borders, who will kill civilians and state servants in cold blood, who are vulnerable to hate speeches delivered by nasty people. These are the ones for whom it is possible that Kashmir will not be the end of hatred.
It isn't as bad as we think, it is worse than we wish.