[nukkad] [Fwd: Show Pakistan who's the boss]

[Ninad Chhaya <ninad@bom4.vsnl.net.in>]

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Abhijit Neogy wrote:
> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
> I am sure you are following the events of Kashmir with great interest. The
> Indian defence forces are valiantly fighting against the enemy but even then
> are suffering heavy casualities.Young men are losing their lives by the day.
> Captured  Indian defence personnel (Flt.Lft.Nachiketa) have been paraded
> infront of foreign media and worse still the bodies of our jawans are being
> mutilated beyond recognition in absolute disregard for the Geneva convention
> on treatment of prisoners of war.I think this should enflame the passions of
> every Indian and the Indian govt. on its part should consider the feeling of
> national outrage and call Pakistan's bluff.
> 
> I am sure the Indian govt. is doing its best to diffuse the crisis but I do
> have a feeling that the time has come to show Pakistan who's the boss in
> Kashmir. I am not for once advocating war but am holding brief for a
> tit-for-tat policy.
> For starters let us show the mutilated bodies of the Jawans to the foreign
> media and rake this up as a major human rights issue at the appropriate
> forum and let us not be too worried about internationalising the whole issue
> as the Kashmir problem is already out of the closet. However, international
> opinion on Kargil is clearly in our favour since the powers that be have
> recognised in principle that Pakistan is the aggressor and not us. Secondly,
> let us get our war propaganda machinery in order and exploit the groundswell
> of international opinion which is already in our favour. At the same time
> let us hold talks with Pakistan only on the Kargil issue thus sending out
> the right signals to the international community that we are seriously
> interested in diffusing the crisis through peaceful means, while continuing
> with our military action.
> 
> Meanwhile, if we could actually convince the powers (including the U.S.)
> that Pakistan is stiil refusing to back off from Indian territory and infact
> are trying to actually open up new fronts across the border/LOC and that we
> would have no other option but to cross the LOC and march into Pakistani
> territory, then that would be a coup of sorts for us, diplomatically
> speaking. Pakistan must realise that its equally easy for us to organise and
> sponser a military attack in Pakistan's Sind or Punjab province and give it
> the name of an internal insurgency. After all, the Pakistanis may like to
> think so but they are not the only smart people on earth.
> 
> I am no defence analyst, nor am I a defence man  yet as an ordinary but
> patriotic Indian, I feel deeply anguished to watch in helplessness the
> goings on in the paradise on earth. I feel its time we stop being perceived
> as a 'soft state' and take some hard decisions. When we are at war, we will
> have to take a lot of hard knocks but we must also have the passion to
> deliver still harder blows and finally the knock out punch on the opponent.
> 
> I am sorry friends, for being so emotional but I thought it right to share
> my feelings with you since it pains me to see my country being taken for a
> ride. We are fed up of trouble in Kashmir. So, let us use this adversity to
> good effect to once and for all settle the issue in our favour.
> 
> I would be only too happy to be party to your thoughts on the issue.
> 
> Jai Hind
> Abhijit.
> 
> 

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