Originally posted by: 0marTheZealot
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That may be the case, but the cynic in me says that India is making a power play on the sub-continent. There is no love lost between the two countries, despite both countries wanting to improve relations. Pakistan, rightfully, is wary of India's actions, just as India is wary of Pakistan's actions. A war at this time would prove catastrophic for both sides.
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Let's see, nearly 200 of it's people have been killed in a horrific manner at national landmarks by a bunch of puppets of the Pakistani army and it's ISI extension (something every country in the world except Pakistan accepts); the Indian people want answers and you're saying that India is making a power play when the Indian Govt. is asking Pakistan for accountability?
As far as Pakistan's insecurity is concerned, India could easily have roiled the pot in Pakistan itself over the last decade by taking advantage of the fault-lines of seismic proportions that have developed there. India chose not to. The insecurity stems from within, not without.
The fundamental source of Pakistan's hatred for India that throws up such brazen provocation stems from the ideology of it's creation which is as an "anti-India". This ideology is drummed into every kid from birth and is the basic motivation of all actions of the all-powerful Pakistani army and it's surrogates. That is why it's response is so half-hearted on it's Western border parts of which are all but lost but the eastern border is so sacrosanct that talk of "nukes" arise as soon as it is threatened.
As far as war itself is concerned, Pakistanis should stop deluding themselves that they are dealing with chumps across their eastern border, whose intelligence can be insulted time and again. They made that mistake in 1965, 1971, 1999 with fatal consequences. If they care for their country, they should start asking their own army questions about how they are being put in harm's way by it's actions. Some are starting to do just as can be gleaned from Pakistani newspapers.
