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| India-Pakistan |
| India prepares for military strikes |
| 2002-05-24 |
| India has prepared for military strikes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir unless Pakistan moves aggressively to dismantle the extremist organisations but would give President Pervez Musharraf a few weeks to do so, the Washington Post quoting unidentified senior officials reported today. Unless Pak believes there might be consequences to its actions, it's not ever going to change them... The paper said according to an official present at the Unified Command meeting in Srinagar attended by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, participants decided that India had "crossed the threshold of tolerance" with regard to terrorism. "India," said the official, "is in a vicious cycle of violence. Only war can break it for us." Another echo! Another echo! Although Indian leaders foresee a short conflict limited to anti-Indian militants active in Kashmir, said the paper, there is a widespread fear that fighting could lead to a wider war, possibly involving both nations' nuclear arsenals. That's because national armies tend to respond to attacks on their soil instead of standing by doing nothing. Indian officials, the paper said, suggested that a military strike might not be imminent, noting they have not set a deadline for Pakistan to put the militants out of business. You might want to do that, if you don't want to be sitting on your collective thumb waiting a hundred years from now... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |