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2008-12-03 India-Pakistan

India doesn't rule out military option against Pak

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Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2008-12-03 02:08|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Mumbai attacks are the real revelation. Its good to see citizens on the
streets at this massive scale. However, well have to see how long we,
the common citizens, can stick together and find concrete solutions to
the immediate problems. Please check the video to see the reactions.

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha_O14M081A

Posted by Bigfoot Gleart9402">Bigfoot Gleart9402 2008-12-03 05:12|| 2008-12-03 05:12|| Front Page Top

#2 So now we have a nuclear game of chicken. Thanks, Paks.

Both sides are now in a position where they will lose face and credibility if they back down. If the Pak government actually hands those wanted terrorists to the Indian government they will be in serious trouble with their own people. Most likely they are not even capable of doing so even if they wanted to. But if they don't and the Indian government is seen to do nothing about it they will be in serious trouble with their people. They would also lose credibility with their other neighbors in that region. They would begin to look like a big, soft target. Where is the diplomatic solution when dealing with a country like Pakistan where the government is powerless over its terrorists if not actually complicit with them? This could get really ugly.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-12-03 12:42|| 2008-12-03 12:42|| Front Page Top

#3 As bad as this attack was, I don't think it was serious enough to start a war. Perhaps I am being naive, but I think India will chalk this one (and earlier ones) up to experience and wait to see what happens.

Will it make them look weak? Perhaps, but in either denying India's call for justice or being unable to effectively respond to that call, the Pak government is going to look very weak or very complicit in state-supported terrorism. Neither of these is good for the Paks. Both give India clear justification to attack the next time around.

Posted by remoteman 2008-12-03 17:22|| 2008-12-03 17:22|| Front Page Top

#4 #3: As bad as this attack was, I don't think it was serious enough to start a war.

were it an isolated incident, sure, but the Pakis have a laundry list of bad provocative behavior and no real inducements for teh carrot approach. They have routinely lied and supported India's internal and external enemies. They have done their best to harbor/train/arm/direct those enemies. They have absolutely no credibility. War may start to seem like the lesser damage from the thousand cuts

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-12-03 19:58|| 2008-12-03 19:58|| Front Page Top

#5 WAFF/FREEREPUBLIC/TOPIX > US SETS STAGE FOR STRIKES [UNO/Internat-approved mil strikes led by India] IF PAKSITAN DOES NOT ACT [to arrest and dismantle Pak-based Terror Camps].

Also, MUSLIM ACTIVISTS DEMAND AUTONOMOUS HOMELANDS, COMPENSATION FOR BRITAIN's FAILURE TO RETURN INDIA TO MUSLIM RULE IN 1947.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-12-03 22:15|| 2008-12-03 22:15|| Front Page Top

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