Modi and Pakistan!

http://blogs.rediff.com/mkbhadrakumar/20...-pakistan/

Quote:The Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s outburst against Pakistan condemning its proxy war, here, needs to be put in context. It appeared in the course of his first visit to Jammu & Kashmir after coming to power, and while addressing Indian armed forces units deployed at Leh. This background is relevant — as also the fact that his expected visit to Siachen, which would have been highly symbolic, has been deferred by an year. 
Politics in J&K is in flux after the BJP’s impressive performance in the parliamentary poll in April and the party has a wonderful opportunity in hand to shore up the gains and build on them. Besides, Modi has a reputation to keep — that he is hard as nail on the issue of terrorism.
Nonetheless, Islamabad will look for meanings in what Modi said. The cutting edge in the Leh speech lies in Modi’s use of the present tense — Pakistan “continues to engage in the proxy war of terrorism”; that India “is suffering”. On the other hand, he not only refrained from threatening Pakistan, but put the accent on fighting this “global problem” by mobilizing the world opinion.
Modi’s nuanced rhetoric reminds one of the Manmohan Singh government, which opted for the path of dialogue with Pakistan, the prevalence of cross-border terrorism notwithstanding. In a Leh speech in the bygone era, Manmohan Singh or former Defence Minister A. K. Antony would have said much the same thing about terrorism that Modi did.

Quote:But then, the big difference is that Modi is Modi and when he speaks on Pakistan, it becomes the stuff of ‘breaking news’. Therefore, all things considered, the real issue here is something else — Modi’s sense of timing.
Of course, it is beyond doubt that a new phase of extreme volatility has appeared in Pakistani politics and there are strong undercurrents, apparently involving personalities who have been in India’s crosshairs ever since the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai. The past Indian experience has been that in such times of acute political uncertainly within Pakistan, that country’s security establishment often tried to ratchet up tensions with India.
Modi has asserted India’s overall military superiority in a sharp reminder to the ‘powers that be’ in Pakistan and it comes within ten days of the terse warning by the new army chief Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag. Indeed, the ground reality is that incidents of ceasefire violations on the Line of Control are occuring with increased frequency lately.

"Modi has asserted India’s overall military superiority in a sharp reminder to the ‘powers that be’ in Pakistan"


Kwami , thought Pakistan tested a coupla nuclear bombs ....

what your 3 dailies seh ?  :-\