The might of 800,000 soldiers was not enough to suppress the freedom struggle of the brave men and women who sought freedom from dominance and repression. After implementing the worst torture, rape and murder on the innocent civilians of the Srinagar and the Valley, Delhi has had enough. After killing 100,000 Kashmiris, have the Indians lost the stomach to kill more? The announcement to accept defeat and withdraw was not a gesture of chivalry, it coincided with a visit to Delhi by William Burns, the US Under Secretary of State. Apparently his silver tongue and President Obama’s letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were enough to persuade India to pull troops back from Pakistan’s border and restart peace talks over Kashmir. India’s army and the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have been brutally repressing Kashmir since 1989.
India’s predominantly Hindu troops in Kashmir have often been accused of raping, kidnapping, torturing, beating and killing Kashmiris with impunity, especially since the uprising began. Times
One letter from President Obama forced the Indians to withdraw their forces, shut down the consulates in Afghanistan and put a permanent halt to the nuclear tests. One test and the Nuclear deal is off. One ounce of Uranium unaccounted for and Delhi gets sent to purgatory. Politicians in Islamabad complain about the micromanagement of Pakistani affairs. The micromanagement of India is even worse. She was told to explode the nuclear devices by President Clinton and now she has been told by Obama to withdraw from Kashmir. Of course these diktats to Delhi did not come directly from Washington, they came from Beijing via Washington. The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was informed by the Chinese to stop the destabilization of Pakistan. Now the same message was given to US Treasury Secretary who was recently in Beijing. This time the Chinese meant business. Thus the letter from President Barack Obama to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh clearly spelled out a plan for the Indian government, withdraw from Kashmir and stop the mercenary activity in Pakistan.
NEW DELHI: The US said on Thursday that it wants the Kashmir issue resolved in line with the aspirations of the people of Kashmir – a statement that reflects Pakistan’s stance on the long-standing dispute.
Addressing a press conference after meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns – on a three-day visit to India – stunned reporters by saying that the Kashmir issue had to be settled in line with the aspirations of Kashmiris. “It remains our view that a resolution of that issue has to take into account wishes of the Kashmiri people,” he said. Daily Times. US adopts Pakistan’s stance on Kashmir
We wrote about it in April 2009. We also continue to think that Richard Holbrooke is the US Ambassador for Kashmir, even though his official designation is “Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan” (“K” for Kashmir is silent in his porfolio). President Obama’s administration has to show the electorate some results before the 2012 elections and before the British and the Canadians withdraw from Afghanistan. Time is of the essence. Everything has to fall in place. The Pakistanis have to cooperate, the Chinese have to be listened to, Russia has to be kept at a distance, the Indians have to follow, and Iran has to be cajoled. The bellicose statements on Pakistan over the past few weeks was part of the US plan to assuage Delhi and make it seem like they were coming down hard on the Pakistanis. In actual fact the public statements had nothing to do with relaity. The US Army and the Pentagon is working very closely with the Pakistan Army. Several helicopters have already been transferred to Pakistan, and all the modern equipment to fight an insurgency, night vision glasses, bullet proof vests, and some drones have been handed over to the Pakistanis.
US undersecretary od state for political affairs William Burns said, “Any resolution of Kashmir has to take into account the wishes of the Kashmiri people.” This line is a traditional Pakistan favourite, but has not been heard during the past few years of the Bush administration. The Indian government preferred not to commen. Times of India
The Times of India in the understatement of the year, says that the US stance on Kashmir has put another crease on Indian brow. The fact is that Delhi has not recovered from the epileptic seizure which it went into after receiving the Obama letter. Delhi gets some goodies for giving up Kashmir. The US secretary of state Hillary Clinton will visit Delhi towards the end of July. She will begin the negotiations on a reprocessing agreement. The Indians should have seen this coming after France approved a Nuclear deal for Pakistan which will be consecrated in September. That is the carrot for Pakistan for being good.
There are many things going on in South and West Asia. President Barack Obama plans to exit from Afghanistan by 2011, but he has to show results on the ground. He cannot show results on the ground without the help of Pakistan. Islamabad’s help can be bought only if it feels secure on the Eastern front. Hence the movement of Indian troops and planes away from the Pakistani border. To hide the retreat, Delhi moved them on the Chinese border, knowing full well that many generations of Indian planes have rusted on the airfields near the McMohan line without threatening a single Chinese. The movement of the troops is also dictated by the abject failure of the Stephen Cohen’s concoction called the “The Cold Start Strategy”. In 2002 and 2008, Bharati forces threatened Pakistan but could not cross the border. As the old Western adages go, never threaten if you can’t deliver, never bring a knife to a gun fight, and never cock your gun if you don’t intend to use it. World War IV hasn’t arrived, and enemies are not fighting with sticks and stones yet. Nuclear Mutually assured destruction (MAD) convinces many enemies not to issue empty threats. Pakistan’s 2nd strike capability, Hydrogen bombs and potent missiles have convinced India that she cannot cross the Pakistani border. She can yell Failed state from the highest steeples of Gharibabad and the deepest hold of Dharavi but the Lankans have proven that they can form the right alliances and defeat Delhi’s terror. Pakistan of course has learned the same lesson.
Islamabad, Jun 12 (PTI) Pushing for a “peaceful resolution” of the Kashmir issue, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said sustainable peace cannot be achieved in South Asia without resolving the problem which has bedevilled relations between Pakistan and India over the past decades. Press Trust of India
The Kashmiris and Pakistanis have won a decisive victory. It has forced one of the most arrogant armies to accept defeat and withdraw. Dlehi has also agreed to review the hugely unpopular Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which has made life miserable for the civilian population. Kashmir had exploded a couple of weeks ago after the rape and murder of two sisters. India had no choice, she had to accept the verdict of the people who are chanting “bhago bhago lashkar aya”, and “bhooka nanga Hindustan, dil seh piyara Pakistan”, “tijarat to bahana hai, Rawalpindi to jana hai”.
The retreat was deliberately announced before the the Manmohan-Zardari meeting on the sidelines of the SCO summit but had been agreed upon between Pakistan and India track II diplomacy that has been going on for several years. The blueprint for Kashmir was laid down by President Musharraf. However Pakistan is demanding a plebiscite under the auspices of the appropriate UN resolution.
Although this was a sort of placing-cards-on-the-table kind of visit, it was quite apparent that both sides are groping for something to hang the relationship on. Sources said, off the record, that another visit with nothing to show would signal serious drift in India-US relations. Times of India
The Times of India is right, the US and Bharat are drifting apart. The schism was very apparent when President elect Obama, and then President Obama did not call Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for a month. The rift was obvious when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton crossed out Delhi from her itinerary and visited China. Apparently the Chinese red her the riot act and asked her to stop destabilizing Pakistan, withdraw from Afghanistan and solve Kashmir. The Peoples Daily wrote several articles on the subject duly reported on this site.
President Barack Obama has taken some tough stances on issues. He is right on Palestine, and he is right on Kashmir.
you should back Obama . he can gift kashmir
indian army very thankfull to muslims for giving a good shooting practice and realtime training unless it wil be very boring
so wat does pakistan expect india 2 do? hand over de whole of jammu and kashmir 2 pakistan? please make it clear 2 me a.s.a.p…….
“Hand over” sgnifies” something that belonged to you.
Kashmir is occupied territory, occupied by Delhi. Bharat took over Kashmir by showing a fake article of accession which it now claims is lost–as if it ever existed. The article was never shown to the UN, or to Pakistan.
Bharat sent forces to occupy Kashmir before the brutal Raja hada chance to escape a popular revolt–wich had its genesis int he Quit Kashmir movement of Shaikh Abdullah–a movement that preceded the “Wuit India” movement.
The Indepence Act of 1947 called for the separation of South Asia Pakistan and Bharat on the basis of religion–that is why Punjab and Bengal were partitioned. Kashmir is a Muslim majority area–it makes no nsense for it to belong to Bharat–the people don’t want it—Kashmirs want to be part of Pakistan.
You have your question answered–of course you don’t like the answer–so why ask
Tons of material on Kashmir on this site–the left column has a series of articles on Kashmir
u r talking frm de viewpoint of a pakistani. after british left india, it was still small kingdoms and the indian army formed for freedom fighting gathered up all the tiny kingdoms from kings who lose their power to form the country of india as it appears on the modern map, but in de case of kashmir, de raja was asked who he wanted to join nd he chose 2 join india….
sure just think about it, just coz china is communist it didnt join former USSR or y doesnt all muslim countries join saudi just coz all r muslims? its not possible..even pakistan was a part of india nd it was separated with fixed boundaries nd just coz kashmir has a majority of muslim population doesnt mean india has 2 give it to pakistan yet pakistan holds a small part of north west kashmir..
nd pakistan also has an eye on kashmir coz of its natural beauty nd money will flow in frm tourism nd other benifits,
its just not going to work out
Pakistan doesn’t hold “a small part of Kashmir”, it liberated more than half of Kashmir. Bharat has a smller part which it cannot hold–despite the fact that half the Indian armed forces have been stationed there.
Pakistan was never part of “India”—It was the British Raj, and two dominions and 570 states were left behind by the British.
Pakistan has enough natural beuty–Kashmiris are Muslims, so part of Pakistan
pakistan getting whole of kashmir wont b happening as borders r set and pakistani troops crossing over the border to do anything i.e, liberate or conquer is violating the peace between india and pakistan…
pakistan was a part of india, u cant change history just by saying something…my grandad worked 4 the indian army and was incharge of a store of an army barracks in pakistan and this was before independence and later it was split. the partition of india nd pakistan is over nd boundaries are set, and should stop arguing for more land
pakistan might hav enough natural beauty but wouldn’t mind adding some more beauty into pakistan by taking kashmir…nd dats a weak argument ”kashmiris r muslims, so part of pakistan”??? no court will accept such arguments…there might b ppl with desire 2 join pakistan in kashmir but their minds r poisoned by pakistani masterminds..like religious propoganda and other conspiracies
india and pakistan are sworn enemies and a spark of violence is needed 2 set off a war…so if there are indians who want 2 join its enemy’s country and take parts of india with them, they r considered traitors and enemies of the country and have 2 b suppressed b4 it ends in a total chaos
and turns out bad 4 the country….sure every country does it, its 4 national security, even pakistan’s ally china even censors people’s words spoken in public and anything against the country is not tolerated……………
There were 570 states in South Asia—The British Raj controlled only 40% of the territory, the rest were independent kingdoms.
The British Act of independence created two dominions–in actuality Pakistan was created one day before “India”.
The creation of both countries was on the basis of religion, that is why Bengla and Punjab were partitioned. There is no question of Kashmir being part of Bharat.
Nehru used the excuse using a fake article of accession to send his forces into Srinagar. 55% of Kashmir has been liberated. 45% will be liberated
http://www.topix.com/forum/world/pakistan
I want to make it perfectly clear what I do not intend to do in this letter before I carry on with what I do wish to accomplish with it. Let me get to the crux of the matter: I used to avouch that Bharat was a lascivious delinquent. However, after seeing how it wants to dismantle the guard rails that protect society from the obscene elements in its midst, I now have an even lower opinion of it. In fact, I’d even go so far as to say that Bharat is a myth-generating machine. I submit that everyone should stop and mull that assertion. Then, you’ll understand why if I didn’t sincerely believe that failure to define our terms more clearly will lead to a deluge of complaints by Bharat’s confreres, then I wouldn’t be writing this letter. Still, the issue of what to do about Bharat’s hypocritical barbs is far from settled. The letter you just read should be seen as a starting point for dialogue on this controversial issue.
While Bharat and Kashmir needs no introduction, I do want to state that Bharat and Kashmir is lost in a netherworld of absolutism. I guess I should start by saying that “Bharat and Kashmir” has now become part of my vocabulary. Whenever I see someone destroying our moral fiber, I tell him or her to stop “Bharat and Kashmir-ing”. You may be surprised to hear this, but if it were up to Bharat and Kashmir, schoolchildren would be taught reading, ‘riting, and racism. The only way out of Bharat and Kashmir’s rat maze is to bear witness to the plain, unvarnished truth. It’s that simple.
Thanks
in regards to what?
Your feedback sir
Kashmir are muslims and it cannot be reason to be part of pakistan..
Muslims are there in indonesia …will u say…indonesia to part of pakistan…:)
Please use your real name. Kashmir is the unfinished business of 1947. The APHC leadership, the real representative of the Kashmiris–Mr. Geelani, Mr. Maqbul and Ms. Asiay all wan Kashmir to be part of Pakistan as do all Kashmiris.
They don’t want to become another Sikkim.
Let us forget religion, let us do it on linguistic basis. They speak Urdu the national langauge of Pakistan