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| India-Pakistan |
| Govt is under pressure to launch selective strikes |
| 2002-05-19 |
| Minister of State for Railways Digvijay Singh has said the recent terrorist strikes in Jammu "demanded retaliation" and that the "government is under pressure to launch selective strikes..." The entire nation clamoured for punitive action against Pakistan, he said. However, India had to weigh every option carefully before taking any action. In other words they want to do it, but they're not planning on going in swinging blindly. Flaying the US for its "double standards" on Pak-aided terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, he said, "We have been telling the world for the last 10-15 years that Pakistan is fomenting terrorism, that Pakistan is at the root of the problem, and now, when the global war against terrorism is at our doorstep, they have to realise there cannot be dual postures." He has a point. India and Israel have both been taking it harder and longer than the U.S. Unless we're willing to do it for them, why not let them solve their own problems and benefit from their solutions? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |