| Speaking during debate in Parliament, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Omar Abdullah said though diplomacy was the government's primary goal, "no government will be able to say it will not use force. If the need arises, we will." The NDA government, he said, was not an irresponsible government, pointing out that India could have crossed the LoC after the Kargil war but did not do so. Referring to former prime minister Chandrashekhar's statement that under no circumstances should India go to war, Abdullah said India had been the victim of a war for the last 15 years, with many casualties and at huge expense. If the need arose to meet it with force, the country would do so, he said. And there we have it. To recap, India is thoroughly and justifiably cheezed. It will rely on diplomatic means to the extent possible, and if that doesn't work it will thump Pakistan. And it's tired of the Kashmir nonsense, which Pakistan has been driving. |