HAHAHAHAHAHA
Reminds me of the dilemma my economics professor faced when asked if the cost of an Asian Life was lower than that of a Western Life....
Sheesh !!!!! I'm against war of any kind, but this makes me want to say "Go get 'em Vajji !"
If there is an iota of truth in this report, I think Blair and Bush should be thoroghly ashamed of themselves...they are not destroying terrorism, simply making more enemies in the world...
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America wants India’s help for its pet dictator
Brahma Chellaney
(New Delhi, October 9)
US SECRETARY of State Powell is expected to deliver in New Delhi the same message as British Prime Minister Blair: India should not do anything that could unsettle Pakistan's current role in the military campaign in Afghanistan. Rather, India should listen to Washington and restart 'peace' talks with Pakistan just the way Yasser Arafat and Ariel Sharon were persuaded to talk to each other again. Washington is concerned that India, pushed against the wall by the recent terror attack on the J&K legislature, might begin to apply against Pakistan the same logic the Americans are applying against the Taliban.
Vajpayee is under growing pressure from all his senior ministers to act tough, not merely talk tough.
To help ease such pressures, Bush, Powell and Blair have made statements that their offensive will target terrorism in all its forms, including terror in Kashmir. The Americans have also held out the promise of a symbolic action -- including Jaish-e-Mohammed in Bush's list of terrorist groups whose assets are to be frozen.
It is significant that Musharraf's US-instructed 'peace' overture to Vajpayee in the form of a telephone call came a day after he fired ISI chief Lt. Gen. Ahmed. The Americans want New Delhi to believe that Ahmed was fired for the Srinagar attack. The message is that since punishment has been meted out, India should not strike back but talk to America's new pet dictator, Musharraf.
The reality is that Washington and Musharraf had their own reasons to send Ahmed into premature retirement. Musharraf, aware of the timing of the first military strikes on the Taliban, seized the opportunity to purge the military of rival generals who played a key role in installing him in power two years ago. The Americans wanted both to strengthen Musharraf's hands and to oust a general who shared little intelligence on the Taliban with them.
By helping Musharraf tighten his grip on power, the US is building up a fiendish general whose concrete record of covert and terrorist operations against India parallels the mythologised record of Osama’s terrorist exploits. More than Ahmed, Musharraf is accountable for the murder of 40 people in the attack on J&K's embodiment of democracy.
There is no way Vajpayee can reopen talks with a murderous dictator who publicly gloats about the "freedom struggle going on in Kashmir" and then a few hours later calls up to suggest 'peace' negotiations. The Americans should realise Vajpayee has no desire to commit political harakiri.
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