Yes you are right....You got to be vary of India...Which brings back to the same assertion of mine that at the moment Pakistan needs peace with India more than what India needs....Do you agree here???
We do need peace and up till 26/11, everything was going great but the sudden change in policy towards Pakistan after 26/11 was threatening, although we need better relations to free up troops, we can't be sure how India will react if there is another terrorist attack on it's soil, remember the famous quotes such as:
"We are ready for a limited nuclear war with Pakistan"
"One more attack originating from Pakistan and then we will make sure ourselves that no such attack occurs"
How can we hope to move men away from the border when India is always prepared, we would rather die on two fronts than to be caught with are pants down on any one.
Ummm don't you think more freed up resources will help in taking care of cases where your soldiers asked for help and help could not be provided in time??? Wasn't lack of support the reason behind capture of 35 PA troops???
What I was saying was that even if they had more men, the number of troops on that picket would have been the same, they were there to stop infiltration from the Afghan border, they weren't participating in a military op, that's why they were not armed to the teeth like other soldiers are, how ever the Taliban identified them as an easy target and over run them. Although maybe, they had given enough time for cobras to be dispatched(not sure since that was not my AoR) but usually the Talib attacks are so quick that they are long gone before back up can arrive, whether they succeed in their objectives or not.
I know that Kalkeda....I have read history and know what happened in Vietnam, AF - Russia and now AF- Nato....However what i am questioning the number of troops that you have lost in WOT.....You have lost more men then NATO itself even though they are operating in Foreign Land whereas PA in their backyard....and you can bring down the numbers and be more effective if somehow you can free up resources from eastern border....the only thing that stops from it is bad relations with India....
We have had greater casualties because we have had to clear all the compounds on foot, every inch of land was reclaimed by foot, we kept air strikes to a minimum to avoid civilian casualties, in that effort I am proud to say we were largely successful.
Exactly my point....The same can be said about things we find in Kashmir...Mumbai Attacks and what not.....how do you see those actions??? The things that you are calling proofs are being shown from past 2 decades in Kashmir which are rebuked by your govt. all the time....Anyways point being it is you who need peace with India more then what India need as of now....The latest step by Pakistan to share voice samples is a welcome step....Lets hope for the best....
Like I said, we have a history of exploitation, the moment GoP and GoI realize that confidence building is the way forward rather then trying to break each others country, we will be living in a better sub-continent.
And then you say that there is a question mark over India's commitment....Problem is complete denial that such groups exist in Pakistan....LET is banned ...groups rename to JUD and everything goes the same way...and here my friend says that we can't kill the dead....
JuD is a charity to be honest with you, they have ambulance services, orphanages, schools, madrassahs, hospitals, I don't know whether they planned and carried out the 26/11 attack but until they are proven to have done so by court I cannot say anything.
Anyways to be honest i feel for the troops that are being killed for no reason....IA men in Kashmir....PA men in WOT are being sacrificed in ugly games called Diplomacy....Ironically neither India/Pak has gained/lost even an inch of territory in Kashmir yet for some reason the conflict in ON......
I agree, India should just hold that damn plebiscite in Kashmir, that's the only way this would end.