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November 18, 2005

The Pakistan military's attitude towards the earthquake

In the context of my earlier post mentioning Salman Rushdie's thoughts and Nitin's post on the military's attitude, I found this piece by Muralidhar Reddy in 'The Hindu' a couple of days ago illustrative of the Pakistani establishment's approach to the earthquake.

He writes about how during the recently concluded SAARC summit, there were only cursory references to the quake victims and relief efforts to mitigate their suffering. Instead, Pakistan continued to stress on how if India demilitarized the area, the wounds would heal by themselves. If India was in a conciliatory mode, Pakistan lost all credibility when blasts went off in Delhi. Jammu & Kashmir has been attacked multiple times in the last week.

But should we really be surprised? After all, Pakistan was more focussed on haggling over helicopters and about accepting relief from India at a time when rapid action was needed. In February, it had no words of solace for those that it claims to support diplomatically and morally when they were buried under snow.

Labels: jammu and kashmir, musharraf, pakistan

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I sometimes wonder why India is seen as a sleeping giant. But, the reality is that, there are ways and there are ways of getting back at rivals. Military might is not the only one. India has often scored diplomatic victories over its adversaries in world fora.

Are these enough? Can't say. It certainly did'nt stop the F-16 sale.

This particular adversary is seen as a necessity by the powers that be in their so-called fight.

Also the nuclear deterrant is not called a deterrant for nothing.

By Srini (Dec 13, 2005, 12:17:00 PM)

Srini: I really can't see too many positive diplomatic things in the context of Pakistan in world fora. Do list out some :)

By Jagadish (Dec 13, 2005, 3:18:00 PM)

I'd prefer if you posted comments with your real name to add more credibility to your opinions. Obviously comments containing offensive and unsuitable language will be deleted. The opinions in the comments are your own views. You are welcome to provide a URL to your own blog, especially if it discusses issues you find here.

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