truthseeker2010
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Lets go 10 years back and it was the same atmosphere in the subcontinent. Mumbai was in flames and so were billion plus indians and rightly so. I guess its something only pakistani and indians can relate to because 20 years back its was kargil 10 years mumbai, so every decade they tend to go on edge.
Coming back to the point, during mumbai tensions indians were of the same idea as they were this time around and that is of surgical strikes to avenge attacks, back than democracy was just rebooting itself in pakistan and they had a new chief after long dictatorship, who was reorganizing its troops to the new doctrine of COIN. But even that hesitated him to go hot against indians, although he was reluctant to do the same on the western front against the drones.
During that standoff after mumbai attacks, he told the than CJSC mullen showing a photograph of an IAF Mirage-2000 locked by PAF F-16 clearly stating "Next time, we'll bring it down." Ten years down the road on 27th Feb 2019, they did exactly that!
The resolve was still there, pak armed forces are consolidating on western front. They are almost done on securing borders, this is something indian politicians didn't knew, or they miscalculated, but the establishment how could they forget those words? i can take that politicans have short term memories, but what about the men in uniform? or do they wanted to test their traditional foe, perhaps for two front war ? which is or perhaps was the moto of IAF in the past decade of modernization.
The last indo pak skirmish has lessons for both Pak and India as well as for the world.
Pak: You need to leave the proxies, otherwise the "terror" term won't leave you. And this war madness will come back again and this cycle will go on. As you are opening up again, that's a good sign but sleeping cells of afg and india will be there..... don't forget they both have a grudge against you. Most probably USA will leave Afghanistan soon, so you have a great chance to revive your economy with the help of China, but be aware of loans in the name of CPEC, you have to get up before its too late, you have a got a good man at the helm.
India: First off, get rid of extremist mindset from politics, you have got elections just around the corner, india is at crossroads, its upto the people where they want themselves. GDP growth no is NOT economic development. The dilema is you have high gdp growth coupled with rising unemployment rate. If you want to go the china way, what was their foundation principle? "Peaceful Rise", you have a nuclear armed neighbors. Using military to satisfy your personal egos won't let you anywhere. Concentrate on poverty alleviation rather than settling border disputes using military force. That's not an option anymore.
The world: needs to resolve the kashmir dispute on priority, it might be bilateral since simla, but world needs to bring both countries on table and moderate and resolve this issue. Otherwise Kashmir will be the only nuclear flashpoint in the world.
Coming back to the point, during mumbai tensions indians were of the same idea as they were this time around and that is of surgical strikes to avenge attacks, back than democracy was just rebooting itself in pakistan and they had a new chief after long dictatorship, who was reorganizing its troops to the new doctrine of COIN. But even that hesitated him to go hot against indians, although he was reluctant to do the same on the western front against the drones.
During that standoff after mumbai attacks, he told the than CJSC mullen showing a photograph of an IAF Mirage-2000 locked by PAF F-16 clearly stating "Next time, we'll bring it down." Ten years down the road on 27th Feb 2019, they did exactly that!
The resolve was still there, pak armed forces are consolidating on western front. They are almost done on securing borders, this is something indian politicians didn't knew, or they miscalculated, but the establishment how could they forget those words? i can take that politicans have short term memories, but what about the men in uniform? or do they wanted to test their traditional foe, perhaps for two front war ? which is or perhaps was the moto of IAF in the past decade of modernization.
The last indo pak skirmish has lessons for both Pak and India as well as for the world.
Pak: You need to leave the proxies, otherwise the "terror" term won't leave you. And this war madness will come back again and this cycle will go on. As you are opening up again, that's a good sign but sleeping cells of afg and india will be there..... don't forget they both have a grudge against you. Most probably USA will leave Afghanistan soon, so you have a great chance to revive your economy with the help of China, but be aware of loans in the name of CPEC, you have to get up before its too late, you have a got a good man at the helm.
India: First off, get rid of extremist mindset from politics, you have got elections just around the corner, india is at crossroads, its upto the people where they want themselves. GDP growth no is NOT economic development. The dilema is you have high gdp growth coupled with rising unemployment rate. If you want to go the china way, what was their foundation principle? "Peaceful Rise", you have a nuclear armed neighbors. Using military to satisfy your personal egos won't let you anywhere. Concentrate on poverty alleviation rather than settling border disputes using military force. That's not an option anymore.
The world: needs to resolve the kashmir dispute on priority, it might be bilateral since simla, but world needs to bring both countries on table and moderate and resolve this issue. Otherwise Kashmir will be the only nuclear flashpoint in the world.
