No it isn't. India's actions have shown that it cares deeply about foreign influence in SAARC, which it deems as being it's area of influence.
Of course.
You've proven nothing. Pakistan, before the war on terror, was on par with India, and at times even surpassed India's growth rate. This isn't about economic growth, it's geopolitics, there is a difference.
It's still quite effective, otherwise, India's leadership wouldn't be obsessed with Pakistan's military or economic growth so much. India's actions belie your words.
No it hasn't. Pakistan's military was never on par with India's, as it has always remained the smaller and less funded military force. It has a defensive doctrine, and has no need to keep par with India in terms of conventional numbers.
You seem to have this idea that Pakistan's military and economy are stagnant, when that's far from the truth. While it's economy is weaker than it used to be, it is finally going back to normal levels, with growth rate projected to hit high levels by 2017 by the IMF (on par with India). It's military is fighting a war and gaining valuable experience, not only that, it is increasingly self-reliant.
Pakistan is far from unstable, don't spread useless propaganda. You keep repeating the same useless comment, and I keep having to give you the same logical answer. I'm not going to repeat it, as it's pointless at this point.
The only way India can chip away with Pakistan is with terrorism, which it has been using for a very long time, and Pakistan is still here.
If GoI actually followed a policy of peace, both nations would have been allies, if not friends. Peace has always been in India's hands, not Pakistan's. If India was ever serious about peace, 4 wars would not have occurred.
And there is no evidence India will change it's policy of using terrorism as a tool to break nations.
Again, the path to peace is, and has always been in India's hands. It's up to India if it wants to have a friendly Pakistan or not.
By the way, saying that Pakistan will chip away at Pakistan, justifies Pakistan's security policies. You yourself have given Pakistan an excuse to remain hostile with India.
In the end, your entire comment here is pointless, because it doesn't answer anything, and simply repeats pointless propaganda that I've answered multiple times.
Allow me to break down your post and refute each point one by one.
First of all, despite the widely acknowledged and reported fact that Musharraf fabricated economic data for Pakistan to show himself in good light - at no point of time in the last decade has Pakistan surpassed India's growth rates. I don't know why some Pakistanis feel otherwise, but pull up any yearly comparison chart for India and Pakistan from any source like ADB,IMF, WB as you like and you will find that Pakistan has not crossed India's growth rates for
even one year. I request you to pull up numbers and dont cop out so that you know you were factually wrong.
The point here was that since Pakistan cannot affect India's economy, the only area that really matters above all else, Pakistan's ability to be a thorn is very very limited.
India does care about foreign influence and which is why we are the biggest influence maker in the SAARC region with the only exception of Pakistan. In all the rest of the nations, India is the biggest influence.
The Chinese had managed to string us, but with an effective leadership finally back at our helm, we have practically kicked them out to the extent that Chinese Government in their mouthpeice said that India is the defacto power of South Asia and China should convince India first for any move before it takes other countries(barring Pakistan) along.
Pakistan for a multitude of reasons has close to zero influence in South Asia - yes, even including Sri Lanka. And is simply not capable of being a thorn in India's regional foreign policy.
Your reasoning that India continues to take action against Pakistan somehow mean Pakistan is great in its ability to be a thorn is completely
absurd. Pakistan is a regional enemy, and whether it is an effective enemy or not, the GoI will take actions to neutralize that enemy instead of sitting on their collective behinds and ignoring the threat.
If tomorrow Nepal or even Mogadishu starts taking actions against India's interests, our Government and military
will respond. This does not mean that the enemy are effective, it just means that we would like to ensure that we injure or debilitate every single opponent of ours whether big or small, whether effective or not. We don't sit in royal courts anymore where the emperor ignores some small enemies to make a point or because he thinks they are beneath them. We live in an age where Governments and Nations are proactive.
Lastly, peace has always been in Pakistan's hands. If Pakistan were serious about peace, it would not have started the tribal invasion of Kashmir right in the 1940's or heck started the second war in 1965. Had Pakistan been a defensive military nation, it would not have invoked war. The onus of peace is on Pakistan solely, not India.
The last time, the Govt of India sued for peace blindly under the guidance of dove's was when Kargil happened. And whether you like it or not, Kargil now symbolizes Pakistani behaviour in India. Therefore, India will never be magnanimous in any deal with Pakistan any more.
Take a hint - India just
this month just gave away 10,000 acres of India's territory in Land Boundary settlement which required a special constitutional amendment and
thousands of kilometers of maritime sea in a maritime settlement to Bangladesh. By the end of next month (after ratification from 50% of the states of India - a constitutional requirement after Parliamentary ratification), India's dispute on borders with Bangladesh - both land and sea will be over!
Goes to show that India will strive for peace and great relations with every nation in South Asia even at cost to itself apart from Pakistan.
Because we understand Pakistani behaviour and more specifically we understand that Pakistan is a military state and the conundrums that every military faces when they make a state their own.
Therefore, as I said. No Government of India will ever or
should ever strive for peace with a country like Pakistan which is close to pathological in its attempt to use non-state actors and terrorism. I will not vote for such a government, and neither will fellow Indians.
salute to your common sense
