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Incorrect train of thought. Even if China were to build a pipeline from say Kandla port to China, it would not in any way make India give up its global ambitions.
The logic that India has to give up its global ambitions to offer China ports and roads is a massive falacy. Both can proceed equally and without impinging on the other.
It is obvious that as long as India remains a rival, Pakistan is needed as a counter balance. However, a counter balance is of different levels. Pakistan is simply not in the weight category to be an equal counter balance and be able to confine India's global ambitions, if anything the last decade has proved this to both China and the world which till a 1.5 decades back used to equate India and Pakistan.
What you are missing here is that China has over 180 nations to invest in it. And investing its single largest amount in one country suggests something that you are acutely missing - that China is hedging its bets.
It wants good relations with India and is willing to put money where it is not willing to put its mouth - yet. On the other hand with Pakistan, China is willing to put its mouth but not its money(any significant amount). There is something that Pakistani's keep missing when thinking of India China relations. You presume our rivalry is like India Pakistan. It is not, India and China has no significant dispute, no ideological dispute. Our only dispute is land, and while we both lay claim to what is in each others control, we have never fired a single bullet in the last 3 decades even when troops met. The border with China is the most peaceful border India has!
We both understand that eventually we will keep what is in our control respectively.
Completely wrong. Even if India gave up its global ambitions, Pakistan would continue to remain a hostile entity to India. Because our global ambitions have nothing to do with Kashmir. We would still never let Kashmir go.
You make your Army sound as if all it wants is to stop India from becoming a global power. That is completely incorrect. What Pakistan really wants is to ensure that it gets Kashmir, and keeps damaging India for a lot of reasons - including religious and ideological ones. That means not just stop India from becoming a global power but actively reduce India and keep chipping away what it has.
So our global ambitions or not, Pakistan would continue its current course that it has chosen for the last 3 decades. Consequently, our response to Pakistan would also be the same. The only change that would happen and is inevitable is that India and China would resolve our land boundary and Pakistan would be left anchorless in its ambitions against India. Because China is not going to damage its investment worth hundreds of billions of dollars in India for Pakistan
Except for the fact that you're wrong again.
It is not a fallacy to suggest that what India would offer and what China would want are two different things, despite what you claim. In fact, it is the ground reality.
A counter balance doesn't mean Pakistan needs to equal India in terms of power, what a counter balance in this term means is that India needs to be contained, which Pakistan is more than capable of doing. All Pakistan needs to do is remain a thorn on India's side, and it will have achieved it's purpose of keeping India in check.
What YOU'RE missing is the point that there are only two nations in the world that have the largest consumer markets, that's both India and China, trying to equate them to other nations in any way shape and form in terms of economic output and potential is a fallacy in and of it self. You talk of fallacies, but you don't seem to realize what that even means.
You say that China isn't investing a significant amount into Pakistan, but that is completely wrong. Both infrastructure, military and financial investments are quite significant for an economy the size of Pakistan, you're looking at the dollar amount instead of the ratio amount. The dollar amount is completely deceiving, and that is where I think you're missing the entire point here.
China wants decent relations with India, not good relations, there is a difference. If China can keep India subdued and non-hostile, while keeping India's global ambitions in check, it doesn't care about having good relations with India. Good would be political and social cohesion, but we both know that this isn't going to happen any time soon.
When it comes to Pakistan goals against India, what Pakistan wants is to slow down India's assent, because the stronger India gets, the bigger India's claim will be to Kashmir. A global India would mean political leverage, and the power to preach it's narrative to the entire world; That is what Pakistan fears most from a stronger India. Don't pretend that Kashmir has nothing to do with this, when the two issues are clearly linked (hell, we're already seeing such narratives coming out of India). Pakistan doesn't care about India, all it cares about is Kashmir. Of course there will be political and social hostility between the two, even if India gives up it's ambitions, but the military aspect will have become minimal, decreased to the point of only being concerned about Kashmir, which can be solved politically.
I highly doubt that India and China are going to resolve their border disputes in the near future; Like I keep telling you, stop trying to pose your opinion as facts. Saying India and China are going to resolve their border disputes any time soon, is not a factual statement.
What you keep suggesting doesn't fit geopolitical reality, as China isn't going to abandon Pakistan because of some sort of short term deal with India for a small piece of land. They're not going to give up their long term investment plans in Pakistan, because India offered them land that doesn't even equal to the amount of money that China has invested in Pakistan. It's a ridiculous statement to make, and completely ignores the negative return on investment that China would be getting from such a deal.