Indo-Pak Talks. What a joke! Yet another one planned and abandoned. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the very definition of insanity. Now does this insanity run on both sides of the border or one is more insane than the others? Readers of this blog know where I stand on the issue but I will offer concrete arguments to show that Pakistanis have shown this insane proclivity of burning down their house in hopes that the fire extends to your house and burns your house as well.
Recently two men died in Pakistan within hours of each other. Hamid Gul (natural causes – twenty five years too late but so it is) and Shuja Khanzada – Home Minister Pakistani Punjab (in a suicide bombing). Hamid Gul is credited with the creation of Taliban (to control Afghanistan) and other terror outfits (to control India). Khanzada was yet another Army guy with political aspirations.
Now I watch clippings of Pakistani shows and news on YouTube. I would like you to know that there is a subculture of Indians digging for these clippings and posting it in YouTube to expose various Paki claims and show real Pakistani thinking (search Gurudev or Krishna KRP or Indian Cyborg or Desigyan etc. for these clippings). Watching a very popular comedy show with serious doses or political and social commentary featuring one of the comedy stars (these guys are virulent India haters) I saw yet another example of confused Paki thinking. First they mourned the passing of the terror master Hamid Gul. They extolled him like we do Netaji or FM Maneckshaw. Next they mourned and extolled Khanzada as someone who martyred himself fighting terrorism in Pakistan. Now I found that really rich. They mourned and extolled one guy who created the terrorist group (TTP - a splinter of original Taliban) that killed the other guy who they extolled as an anti-terror warrior. Is that insanity or what?
Hamid Gul created Taliban to create a strategic depth in Afghanistan in case of a war with India and then created other groups to kill India by a thousand cuts. Twenty five years later India is on its way to become an economic powerhouse with scientific and technological achievements to make even the developed countries envious (Mars mission etc.). Pakistan cannot even maintain their railways and continue to be the threatening beggar as far as economics are concerned. India is spreading its soft power the world over. Pakistan is down to China and North Korea as friends (even the Muslim countries do not like them). India has lost a lot of people in various terror attacks but Pakistanis have lost way more and continue to do so at the hands of their own creations. Yup. Their plan of hurting India is really working for them. Is that insanity or what?
They buy tea from Kenya when they have Grand Trunk road (or some semblance of it) from Kolkata to Lahore. They buy other raw material from us via third parties in middle east because they do not want to be seen buying directly from us. They have given shelter to Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon who have created a real underworld in Karachi thereby compounding the problems of that city which burns worse now than it did in the past. Signs of insanity?
In another one of those aforementioned videos, a Paki commentator told Shashi Tharoor that we were a big country with a very small heart. Tharoor reminded him that they refused a gift of $25 Million for their flood victims but they refused and only accepted via the UN. A clear sign of petty mindedness. Only Pakistan has accused us of a lack of generosity. But Nepal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Maldives, Sri Lanka and a whole host of developing world just loves us. Clearly the fault lies not in our hearts but in the intentions of Pakistanis. They refuse to mend their ways and want us to be generous. Yet another sign of insanity.
Nations take care of their self-interests and in that pursuit often rise above petty mindedness and egos. A hardcore Sunni Islamic country like UAE is willing to look beyond the alleged problems with PM Modi and sign an enormous deal with us. All of the Muslim world looks upon us as a friendly nation. But Pakistan cannot do so. They are too blinded by their insane hatred of India and Hindus (watch the above video) that they continue to work against their self-interest even if it means hurting themselves. A typical case of burning down ones house in hopes that the flames will burn the neighbor’s house as well. If that is not insanity then I don’t know what is.
Of course on our side, we keep setting up these talks. Whether they are under the pressure from international community or our own establishment it seems like our contribution to the insanity argument. What is the point in talking to Pakistani politicians knowing full well that their strings are being pulled by those who protected and lied to USA and the world about Osama Bin Laden even though they were existing on the dole from the USA? If the USA did not have any leverage as far as Osama was concerned, do we even have a prayer as far as Dawood is concerned? We could have equivalent of a smoking gun and the Pakis would brush it off. We should do enough to keep peace by practicing the Doval doctrine and call it cost of doing business. After all with the Chinese economy in peril, something has got to get through to the Pakistani establishment; cutting through the hitherto impenetrable fog of hatred. Of course if you watch the video of Tarek Fatah, it does seem like an impossibility.
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