Both India, Pakistan are US Stooges, trying to outmaneuver each other to gain favor with the US. This failing lose-lose strategy for The Peoples of India and Pakistan only increases the power of the US in our culture area and region.
Pakistan is even more servile than India, the Pakistan govt. is a paid political prostitute of the US since the John Foster Dulles era of the US State Department and the CIA of the '50's , however both India and Pakistan governments are stooges. Both serve US interests more than their respective peoples' interests, and the interdependent collective interests of ALL of the people in the South Asia culture area and region.
Why is India's Defence Minister A.K. Antony moaning and complaining to the US? Why give the US additional power as an intermediary in our region? Both India and Pakistan are ceding power in our region, to the US. Shame on our alleged leaders.
Yes, yes, Antony has a point. BUT it is also equally a fact that India has numerous domestic so-called "terror" groups. The terror label, orchestrated by the United States has now become a catch-all for ALL groups who oppose policies of the STATE, no matter which state it is.
Multiple varieties of the Taliban have proliferated, as a direct result of US activity in the region in the 80's, when the US invented a Cold War confrontation with the Soviets in Afghanistan. In this the US was joined by Pakistan and their old and dependable ally Saudi Arabia -- that beacon of democracy.
India should stop demonizing Pakistan and the Taliban. We need to clean up our own house and stop pointing fingers conveniently across the border. The inconvenient truth is India has plenty of groups attacking the Indian state from within.
Q. Are they ALL terror groups, or are many of them them desperate for economic justice? Do they feel neglected or exploited by the Indian state? The same is true in Pakistan where internal groups are chronically disaffected because they cannot achieve even the bare necessities of life.
It is absolutely true that the feudal and military elites of Pakistan have reaped the whirlwind by fomenting terror in Kashmir. Now terror is biting them in the butt.
However, India is better off concentrating on the grave social, economic and political injustices multiplying within our borders.
Let us remember that the US is not an ally but a highly self-serving dominant global entity that has destabilized the South Asia culture area and region. The US is continuing the damage that the Brits conducted during the colonial period. DIVIDE and RULE hurts Pakistanis and Indians, and increases the power of the US in our region. So let us persevere to work together, Indians and Pakistanis, despite the impediments of a superpower attempting to gain strategic depth in our region.
Chithra KarunaKaran
Ethical Democracy As Lived Practice
http://EthicalDemocracy.blogspot.com
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My comment published on TOI online
Pakistani Taliban a threat to India: Antony
Chithra KarunaKaran Ethical Democracy,NYC,says:Why is India moaning and complaining to the US? Why give the US additional power as an intermediary in our region? Both India and Pakistan are ceding power in our region, to the US. Shame on us. Yes, yes, Antony has a point. BUT it is also equally a fact that India has numerous domestic so-called "terror" groups. The terror label, orchestrated by the United States has now become a catch-all for ALL groups who oppose policies of the STATE, no matter which state it is. Multiple varieties of the Taliban have proliferated, as a direct result of US activity in the region in the 80's, when the US invented a Cold War confrontation with the Soviets in Afghanistan. In this the US was joined by Pakistan and their old and dependable ally Saudi Arabia -- that beacon of democracy. India should stop demonizing Pakistan and the Taliban. We need to clean up our own house and stop pointing fingers conveniently across the border. It is absolutely true that the feudal and military elites of Pakistan have reaped the whirlwind by fomenting terror in Kashmir. Now terror is biting them in the butt. However, India is better off concentrating on the grave social, economic and political injustices multiplying within our borders. Let us remember that the US is not an ally but a highly selfserving dominant global entity that has destabilized the South Asia culture area and region. The US is continuing the damage that the Brits conducted during the colonial period. DIVIDE and RULE hurts Pakistanis and Indians, and increases the power of the US in our region.
So, let us persevere to work together, Indians and Pakistanis, despite the historical and contemporary geopolitical impediments.
25 Jun 2009, 1416 hrs IST
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Times of India copyright
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistani-Taliban-a-threat-to-India-A-K-Antony-/articleshow/4700759.cms#write
NEW DELHI: The Taliban operating in Pakistan pose a "real threat" to India, the region and the world, defence minister A K Antony said on
Thursday.
"The Taliban are a threat to world peace, our region and a real threat to India," he told reporters here on the sidelines of the two-day Unified Commanders Conference that he inaugurated here.
Antony also expressed concern over the situation in Pakistan.
"Pakistan is in turmoil. We are very concerned about it. We are trying to convince Pakistan that they have to take strict action against anti-India elements operating from there," he maintained.
Given this, the minister said India could not afford to lower its guard along its western border, especially in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Of late, there is a decline in infiltration along the border. But we cannot say it is an improvement, since terrorists are still operating from the other side. India can not lower its guard at the border, especially in Jammu and Kashmir. We have to be very vigilant and careful," Antony contended.
He said he would discuss the security scenario in the South Asian region with visiting US National Security Advisor James Jones Friday.
"He is visiting me tomorrow. We will discuss the security situation in the (South Asian) region. When we discuss this, we can not avoid (mention of) Afghanistan," Antony said.
Better coordination and strengthening the war fighting capabilities of the army, the navy and the air force are high on the agenda of the Unified Commanders Conference, being held on the theme "Victory through Jointness".
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