India and Pakistan Teeter on Brink of War: Bellicosity Encouraged by Washing

BHADRAKUMAR

Quote:PM Modi’s decision to hold out an olive branch to PM Sharif within 48 hours of the so-called ‘surgical strikes’ across the Line of Control must be having RSS backing. That is to say, PM Modi’s famous speech at Kozhikode on September 24 was not a flash in the pan. (See my blog Mohan Bhagwat came to listen to Modi’s speech.)

PM Modi realizes that a re-engagement with Pakistan is an absolute pre-requisite for bringing about some modicum of ‘normalcy’ in Kashmir. This sound advice must have originated from President Pranab Mukherjee whom Modi met twice lately.

Pakistan is indeed in a position to aggravate or help ease the 3-month old crisis in the Valley. And it is in India’s interest to preserve the 2003 ceasefire on the LOC even in its tattered form.

The ‘big picture’ would be that for PM Modi personally, it will be a political disaster if India becomes a national security state, which is almost inevitable if the ‘surgical strikes’ transformed as a ‘new strategy’ toward Pakistan, as many hardliners advocate.

For, that would entail mothballing the development agenda, or at least settling for an abridged version. Which would hold consequences in the 2019 poll.

[quote author=mapoui link=topic=106446.msg715524#msg715524 date=1475612397]
isnt dat a two-way street ::confused:: 

Hindu Bhadrakumar discusses the issue in that light.. from the two way street angle!
[/quote] No, Pakistan is more of an irritant to India

Quote:the heart of the matter is that we have tied ourselves into a knot. A danger point has been reached in our demonising Pakistan and increasingly believing ourselves in all that crap.

Pakistan no doubt faces a host of problems – like India too does – but it is not about to collapse.

Pakistan suffers from a bad image internationally, but it is far too important a regional power to be ‘isolated’ by the world community.

Pakistan has had a bumpy ride with the United States lately, but that is because it took a conscious decision to strengthen its ‘strategic autonomy’.

Pakistan faces difficulties as regards administering POK and Gilgit-Baltistan, but there is no groundswell of opinion favouring India in those regions.

Pakistan has an urgent need to stabilize Baluchistan in view of the imperatives of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, but the situation is far from critical.

Pakistan has a political economy where the Army enjoys institutional pre-eminence, but it is not as if Army can ride roughshod over others on matters of policy-making, being an institution that is rooted in the nation.

Pakistan may be lacking financial resources, but the military has not allowed the deterrent capabilities vis-à-vis India to get eroded.

Pakistan’s military might have had a corporate interest in the past in fuelling tensions with India, but this is not necessarily the case anymore.

The bottom line is, Pakistan has a ‘thinking’ army leadership. The current leadership is completely sold out on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The military’s priority is internal security.

Bhadrukumar are part of the western elites neo cons like Fareed Zakaria . Ignore these people

Pakistan allows Obama to Murder Pakistanis with Drones for money

Quote:No, Pakistan is more of an irritant to India

WELL ITS NOT IN THE INTEREST OF ANYONE AT ALL FOR INDIA/PAKISTAN TO FITE!

china/russia have been painstakingly building up the Asian alternative OBOR ...and it is already bearing huge fruit..huge dividends.

an ASIAN century is at hand that promises to overthrow western hegemony and bring some peace and general prosperity to the world.

Indian pakistani war will derail all dat.  the world cant afford dat at all.  is time to put all the irritants aside and go for the goal, the pot at the end of the rainbow. 

we can see that pot clearly now and it is HUGE..piece for everyone

[quote author=Kwami link=topic=106446.msg715529#msg715529 date=1475612797]
Bhadrukumar are part of the western elites neo cons like Fareed Zakaria . Ignore these people
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Bhadrakuma is an Indian Brahmin, former ambassador to Russia and so on. ordinary Indians and people of small anbility and commitments do not get those jobs.

Bhardrakumar is class in every sense as far as I know..inclduing patriotism.  I have been reading him for years.  he is capitalist, elitist and much I do not agree with.  yet I don't see he is what you say he is.

Bhardrkuma has been a reliable source of information and opinion on Asia in particular..but  also on American Russian relations

Russia and China solved their border  issues and so they  moved forward . China and India  border  problem needs to be solved and then there  will be a paradigm shift in the Geo political sphere..

[quote author=Kwami link=topic=106446.msg715533#msg715533 date=1475613403]
Russia and China solved their border  issues and so they  moved forward . China and India  border  problem needs to be solved and then there  will be a paradigm shift in the Geo political sphere..
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well the ASIAN influence is also helping to is force the peace/de-escalation movement we see going on. 

same influence can be seen all over ASIA and the conflicts on that continent.  you are not perhaps paying sufficient attention to the OBOR business and rthe ecoonomic developments in Asis.

look at this: then I have another piece I will add soon:

Quote:[size=14px][color=rgb(81, 85, 92)]The bottom line is, Pakistan has a ‘thinking’ army leadership. The current leadership is completely sold out on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The military’s priority is internal security.Its approach to the Afghan situation, therefore, is changing. The stabilization of the southern regions of Afghanistan bordering Pakistan under a friendly regime in Kabul is the top priority.Besides, China expects Pakistan to be a responsible player. Thus, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s recent induction into Afghan politics underscores how despite President Ashraf Ghani’s warm ties with Delhi, Pakistan does not want the National Unity Government to collapse and has a congruence of interests with the US, China and Iran on this score.[/color][/size]

The difference Maps is these are things that I know from reading many opinion pieces and news articles  . I do my own analysis  and formulate my own opinions . I do not parrot other columnist's opinions