11-14-2006, 08:10 AM
<b>At the Indo-Pak talks tomorrow, be prepared for the worst</b>. <!--emo&
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In short, therefore, expect Afghanistan to go under, factor for a terror upsurge in J and K, and don't be surprised if the nuke deal is delayed and all manner of American interventionism in J and K begins. India should be prepared for all this, and therefore be cautious in the foreign secretary level talks.
And don't bet too much on General Parvez Musharraf. Yes, the man is a veritable Houdini. He has escaped from frightful situations, survived two Al-Qaeda assassination attempts, and so on. But he is in for something new. The Pakistan army is facing terrorist attacks in tribal areas. A suicide bomber killed over forty soldiers in an army training camp near where the military had blown up a suspected Al-Qaeda terror factory. In counter, Musharraf has spoken against terrorism affecting Pakistan, but the opposition parties have scorned his appeal to unite at this hour. Across the board, they want him to go.
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There's a climate change in America. We have to keep absolutely, scrupulously on guard. While being cautious, we have to preempt Pakistan all the way. The exercise should have commenced the moment the Republicans lost Congress. Rather, it should never have been abandoned. But at any rate, it has to be revived now. We are not talking specifics. It is an evolving situation. Our solutions have to cater to the change.<b> What's clear is, we have to stop the Taliban and the Pakistanis in Afghanistan, so as to secure J and K. </b>
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--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In short, therefore, expect Afghanistan to go under, factor for a terror upsurge in J and K, and don't be surprised if the nuke deal is delayed and all manner of American interventionism in J and K begins. India should be prepared for all this, and therefore be cautious in the foreign secretary level talks.
And don't bet too much on General Parvez Musharraf. Yes, the man is a veritable Houdini. He has escaped from frightful situations, survived two Al-Qaeda assassination attempts, and so on. But he is in for something new. The Pakistan army is facing terrorist attacks in tribal areas. A suicide bomber killed over forty soldiers in an army training camp near where the military had blown up a suspected Al-Qaeda terror factory. In counter, Musharraf has spoken against terrorism affecting Pakistan, but the opposition parties have scorned his appeal to unite at this hour. Across the board, they want him to go.
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There's a climate change in America. We have to keep absolutely, scrupulously on guard. While being cautious, we have to preempt Pakistan all the way. The exercise should have commenced the moment the Republicans lost Congress. Rather, it should never have been abandoned. But at any rate, it has to be revived now. We are not talking specifics. It is an evolving situation. Our solutions have to cater to the change.<b> What's clear is, we have to stop the Taliban and the Pakistanis in Afghanistan, so as to secure J and K. </b>
The gloves, as they say, have to be off. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->