"In 2003, a nuclear-armed India is no closer to solving the Kashmir issue than a non-nuclear India was in 1948. This is because the fundamental problem is a political one and not a military one."
You are right. Nuclear weapons were not developed by India to try and solve these type of problems (i.e. Kashmir) - which are based on terrorism. Now, Pakistan may have done so for this reason. But then again I am no expert. There are some schools of thought that say that if it was not for Kashmir, Pakistan would have disintegrated totally into a lawless state. It is close to that now, anyway.
Similarly, the USA will not solve the Al Quaeda problem with nuclear weapons nor will Russia solve the Chechnya problem in this way.
Tariq, please do not misunderstand me. I am not anti-Pakistan. I am just reflecting my thoughts from what I see, hear and read. I would like nothing better than to see our South Asian cousins join together and work for the common good. They would then really be a force to reckon with.
The strategy for India developing nuclear weapons is, I feel, the way Nagesh has outlined. Today India is a strong military power and will soon be a strong economic one.
Today we read that Vajpayee will be paying China a six day visit on June 22. Would this possible if India was weak militarily? I do not think so. One might argue that this visit is taking place because of India's emerging economic strength - but again, this would not have happened if it was not coupled with India's military strength
And, Oh! Yes!
VIVA GOA!!!
Tim de Mello [EMAIL PROTECTED] Goa, INDIA
From: Tariq Siddiqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Goanet] AIDS Why the goverment is willing to let people die? Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:54:43 -0500 (CDT)
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, Nagesh Bhatcar wrote:
> I think that the Nuclear bomb has been an effective deterrent both against
> Pakistan
> and China. At least India did it openly. Pakistan might have had it for a
> long time. Those
> against the nuclear weapons will have deferring opinions, but it has been
> pretty much
> impossible to reason with Pakistan over the Kashmir issue. Ever since East
> Pakistan
> was liberated and Bangladesh created by India in 1971, the Pakistanis have
> been itching
> to get even, at first trying to destabilize Punjab and then Kashmir. One
> must remember
> that in all the wars that India has fought so far, all of them have been
> started by the
> other power -- 1948, 62, 65, 71.
Lets drop the fallacy that makes the rounds that Nuclear weapons have improved India's security.
If that were the case, then the Kashmir issue would have been solved and there would have been no Kargil conflict.
In 2003, a nuclear-armed India is no closer to solving the Kashmir issue than a non-nuclear India was in 1948. This is because the fundamental problem is a political one and not a military one.
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