Comments on: Composite Dialogue Process and the Indian Flip-Flops http://thecurrentaffairs.com/composite-dialogue-process-and-the-indian-flip-flops.html Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:38:03 +0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Peace Of Mind http://thecurrentaffairs.com/composite-dialogue-process-and-the-indian-flip-flops.html/comment-page-1#comment-14809 Peace Of Mind Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:21:36 +0000 http://thecurrentaffairs.com/?p=23367#comment-14809 A joke going around in Lebanon post the Israeli withdrawal was that the conflict of that country with Israel would only escalate as a result of the peaceful overture.On asking a friend of mine as to the reason for this puzzling conclusion,I was told that,"the Syrians would fight the Israelis down to the last Lebanese".The present situation in Pakistan is not very much different.The desire to bleed India to it's death "by a thousand cuts" has seeped to the very DNA of every Pakistani,cutting across the "moderate" and "extremist" divide that the media often likes to trumpet. The "moderate" might be willing to wait for a more opportune time for such "actions" on the part of the "extremists";but to assume that he would turn a new page and press the reset button is naivety itself. While 'not talking' has not brought any tangible reduction in that country's support of terror against India, it would be wise to remember that the terrorist infrastructure was put in place during those halcyon days when we thought that 'talking' would bring around a sea-change in actions of the Pakistanis. What has plagued this country's fight against terrorism is a lack of calibrated response to terror attacks and the political will to inflict the enemy with effective detriments in the face of such attacks.While it would be foolish to think that a country which failed to make the sponsors of terror pay the price for the attacks on it's Parliament, not to mention the countless precedents which led to that would wake up in the face of terror attack on it's commercial capital, it is not hard to imagine that the terrorists, emboldened by the lack of action by a soft state, turn their eyes on much more prized targets like political heavy-weights or even turn to weapons of mass destruction.Would our administrative machinery shake itself out of self-enforced shackles in face of such threats? With what evidence is on offer,the answer would be negative. A joke going around in Lebanon post the Israeli withdrawal was that the conflict of that country with Israel would only escalate as a result of the peaceful overture.On asking a friend of mine as to the reason for this puzzling conclusion,I was told that,”the Syrians would fight the Israelis down to the last Lebanese”.The present situation in Pakistan is not very much different.The desire to bleed India to it’s death “by a thousand cuts” has seeped to the very DNA of every Pakistani,cutting across the “moderate” and “extremist” divide that the media often likes to trumpet.

The “moderate” might be willing to wait for a more opportune time for such “actions” on the part of the “extremists”;but to assume that he would turn a new page and press the reset button is naivety itself.

While ‘not talking’ has not brought any tangible reduction in that country’s support of terror against India, it would be wise to remember that the terrorist infrastructure was put in place during those halcyon days when we thought that ‘talking’ would bring around a sea-change in actions of the Pakistanis.

What has plagued this country’s fight against terrorism is a lack of calibrated response to terror attacks and the political will to inflict the enemy with effective detriments in the face of such attacks.While it would be foolish to think that a country which failed to make the sponsors of terror pay the price for the attacks on it’s Parliament, not to mention the countless precedents which led to that would wake up in the face of terror attack on it’s commercial capital, it is not hard to imagine that the terrorists, emboldened by the lack of action by a soft state, turn their eyes on much more prized targets like political heavy-weights or even turn to weapons of mass destruction.Would our administrative machinery shake itself out of self-enforced shackles in face of such threats? With what evidence is on offer,the answer would be negative.

]]> By: Dr Zafar Qureshi http://thecurrentaffairs.com/composite-dialogue-process-and-the-indian-flip-flops.html/comment-page-1#comment-14808 Dr Zafar Qureshi Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:20:19 +0000 http://thecurrentaffairs.com/?p=23367#comment-14808 Nice Article By Momin Government of both the countries need to work together against the threat posed by the non-state actors. After the experience in SWAT and Baluchistan, Pakistan has sufficient reason to believe that supporting the extremist forces - to work against India - is only going to create more trouble at home. India should proactively come forward to start the dialogue and increase the level of confidence, which will definitely weaken the morale of the extremists in Pakistan. Nice Article By Momin Government of both the countries need to work together against the threat posed by the non-state actors. After the experience in SWAT and Baluchistan, Pakistan has sufficient reason to believe that supporting the extremist forces – to work against India – is only going to create more trouble at home. India should proactively come forward to start the dialogue and increase the level of confidence, which will definitely weaken the morale of the extremists in Pakistan.

]]> By: Suman Chakravarthy Mumbai http://thecurrentaffairs.com/composite-dialogue-process-and-the-indian-flip-flops.html/comment-page-1#comment-14807 Suman Chakravarthy Mumbai Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:19:09 +0000 http://thecurrentaffairs.com/?p=23367#comment-14807 As the article stated, staying dumb will not do any good for both the countries. Neither will engaging in talks do. The need of the hour is to crack down the internal support for the terrorist groups. Terrorists from any country cannot do anything at home unless they have strong local support. As the article stated, staying dumb will not do any good for both the countries. Neither will engaging in talks do. The need of the hour is to crack down the internal support for the terrorist groups. Terrorists from any country cannot do anything at home unless they have strong local support.

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