07-18-2006, 01:59 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Can't we clean our house before setting someone elses?
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No, India cannot. Globally, India is shackled and a boxed-in country. Internally, it is a terribly compromised country and any harsh measures will be projected by many Indians and other countries as 'violation of human rights and persecution of minorities!" India just does not enjoy the kind of support Israel does within the global community and western media. India cannot fight the islamists at home without coopting the global community.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->What exactly would the peacekeeping troops do on the Israel-Lebanon border? Hizbullah's islamic terrorists in Lebanon are using rocket launchers to bomb deep into Israel. Israel is arial bombing the Lebanese locations that it suspects of rocket launching sites. What will peacekeepers at the border do other than preventing Israel from counter attacking?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Obviously, Indian are sending peacekeepers, not fire-fighters. All peace measures will be set in place before the Indians arrive. They will be monitoring and helping the Lebanese govt. establish the writ of control in their own territory. Along with the UN, they will help disarm Hizbollah upto the satisfaction of Israel, Lebanon and the International community. As an aside, Indians and Israelis can practice joint-military, air force and naval exercises while they are at it (as I have stated before, the icing on the cake is that sending Indian troops to Isreal-Lebanon has NOTHING to do with America - a contentious issue for many Indians!).
I understand the GOI/MMS will be scared to do these sorts of things, lest Pakistan asks the same treatment meted out to Indians in the Kashmir region. This is where the rub is. India cannot be a fence-sitter if it really wishes to become a global power. It has to take sides and be prepared to make hard decisions. If India coopts the USA, Israel, Russia on this, there may be some minor repercusions, but India would have broken the mold where they will be equated with the "he said, she said," Paki squabble. The world media (western media really would from then on refer to Mumbai along with Madrid and London anytime terrorism is mentioned. Absence which, Mumbai would most likely be labeled as home-grown revenge due to Gujarat carnage.
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No, India cannot. Globally, India is shackled and a boxed-in country. Internally, it is a terribly compromised country and any harsh measures will be projected by many Indians and other countries as 'violation of human rights and persecution of minorities!" India just does not enjoy the kind of support Israel does within the global community and western media. India cannot fight the islamists at home without coopting the global community.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->What exactly would the peacekeeping troops do on the Israel-Lebanon border? Hizbullah's islamic terrorists in Lebanon are using rocket launchers to bomb deep into Israel. Israel is arial bombing the Lebanese locations that it suspects of rocket launching sites. What will peacekeepers at the border do other than preventing Israel from counter attacking?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Obviously, Indian are sending peacekeepers, not fire-fighters. All peace measures will be set in place before the Indians arrive. They will be monitoring and helping the Lebanese govt. establish the writ of control in their own territory. Along with the UN, they will help disarm Hizbollah upto the satisfaction of Israel, Lebanon and the International community. As an aside, Indians and Israelis can practice joint-military, air force and naval exercises while they are at it (as I have stated before, the icing on the cake is that sending Indian troops to Isreal-Lebanon has NOTHING to do with America - a contentious issue for many Indians!).
I understand the GOI/MMS will be scared to do these sorts of things, lest Pakistan asks the same treatment meted out to Indians in the Kashmir region. This is where the rub is. India cannot be a fence-sitter if it really wishes to become a global power. It has to take sides and be prepared to make hard decisions. If India coopts the USA, Israel, Russia on this, there may be some minor repercusions, but India would have broken the mold where they will be equated with the "he said, she said," Paki squabble. The world media (western media really would from then on refer to Mumbai along with Madrid and London anytime terrorism is mentioned. Absence which, Mumbai would most likely be labeled as home-grown revenge due to Gujarat carnage.