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To: Shivram Hala who wrote (5982)	8/27/1999 4:43:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

The international community hailed the Lahore bus diplomacy and accord as a changing point in the relationship. They had high aspirations that maybe things were really changing. Yes, they thought things were changing for the better. But the momentum of the tensions created by India's nuclear Diwali and its consequent fallout was too much and the agreement simply fell by the wayside. People with a reasonable knowledge about international affairs HAVE FOR A LONG TIME identified that kashmir is one of the top flash points for a war anywhere. For a long long time. The only thing that is changed is the addition of nuclear dimension. That's what I said. From a flashpoint to a nuclear flashpoint. That's progress, huh? Pakistan's gamble was to use the fears of the flashpoint escalating into a nuclear conflict. That didn't work because pakistan was seen as the bully and not india which traditionally was. Of course it worked. Which is why the Americans intervened and put an end to the conflict. As to whether anybody saw Pakistan as bully and India as the victim, one has to look at how carefully worded the G-8 statements were. Both countries were told to stop fighting and concentrate on peace and economic development. What pakistan doesn't realize is that it's security is not threatened by india, but rather by pakistan itself. And what India doesn't realize is that its security is not threatened by Pakistan or China or Mongolia or Paraguay, but rather by India itself.