An excellent short article by KPS Gill, thanks to a pointer from Ghostwriter. http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/kpsgill/2003/chapter1.htm This summarizes a hard-nosed Indian perspective on why there can never be peace with a State that thrives on nuclear blackmail. There is something intriguing, though. All that Gill says is evident even to a lay-person. Why is this not visible to the US State Department? The only plausible answer is that they are wilfully shutting their eyes to Pakistani adventurism. There are several reasons I can think of: a) greed for Central Asian oil and gas and the belief that Pakistan will enable the US to steal a march on others coveting the same, such as Russia, China and Iran; b) a balance-of-power approach whereby they wish to use India to counter China, and Pakistan to counter India; c) traditional American comfort with brutal dictactorships rather than with messy democracies.
KPS Gill on the core issue of Pakistan
KPS Gill on the core issue of Pakistan
KPS Gill on the core issue of Pakistan
An excellent short article by KPS Gill, thanks to a pointer from Ghostwriter. http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/kpsgill/2003/chapter1.htm This summarizes a hard-nosed Indian perspective on why there can never be peace with a State that thrives on nuclear blackmail. There is something intriguing, though. All that Gill says is evident even to a lay-person. Why is this not visible to the US State Department? The only plausible answer is that they are wilfully shutting their eyes to Pakistani adventurism. There are several reasons I can think of: a) greed for Central Asian oil and gas and the belief that Pakistan will enable the US to steal a march on others coveting the same, such as Russia, China and Iran; b) a balance-of-power approach whereby they wish to use India to counter China, and Pakistan to counter India; c) traditional American comfort with brutal dictactorships rather than with messy democracies.