Battle of Bullet Never Brings Pece but use of bullet is needs indeed for self defece: Fact:By the Border India-Pakistan BITTER RELATION On Border ISSUES In modern international relations, states are expected to act rationally and responsibly. Looking into the behavior of South Asia’s great powers, however, it can hardly be said that the two act rationally and certainly not responsibly. The region is in turmoil. The United States are preparing to withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014. The Taliban are hoping to return to power there. But instead of trying to meet those challenges, India and Pakistan were at it again in the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir. The arguments are familiar. Pakistan wants the United Nations to look into an alleged breach of the ceasefire agreement. India does not. While the present standoff may not lead to another war, it does affect the pace of bilateral engagement between the two countries. Trying to lay responsibility for the recent fray is like asking which came first, the chicken or the egg? Certainly on both sides of the border there are stakeholders who benefit from perpetuating the enmity between the two nations. As happened in the past, whenever there was a chance of engagement or a peace deal, some untoward incident derailed the frontier. The fact is that Islamabad is so preoccupied with its own internal problems that it cannot think about issues beyond the borders.In such a situation, it would be unwise for New Delhi to continue with its aggressive posturing, despite the fact that Pakistan has engaged in a gruesome act along the LoC. Instead, our political leaders must show restraint and statesmanship. They must step up engagement with Pakistan to ensure that extremist elements do not gain an upper hand there. >>P.N Baruah
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 08:18:15 +0000
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