Openness is what Pakistan needs - Roger Cohen (article)

[the_kaur]

Re: Openness is what Pakistan needs - Roger Cohen (article)

@Jack_Sparrow

I strongly believe that if India and Pak can unite (not literally) and cooperate, it will be mutually beneficial and good for the region too - kind of like USA & Canada. The two countries have more in common than different, including a shared history and the earlier we can leave behind the baggage of the past, accept the status quo and move on, the better it will be for the population of both countries.

This is practically too much to ask of the nations in question here. For time being, India should leave Pakistan on her own. Just don’t disturb them, they can sort this out,Pakistani people are resourceful enough to resolve this and there is no doubt about their resoluteness once they have decided .Our internal priorities of Naxalism, Poverty are big enough for us to solve in meanwhile

Canada and USA never had entwined histories.India and Pakistan are product of history, US is product of philosophy of their outstanding founding fathers. None of them were founded on the basis of insecurity of minority-majority equation etc.

India cannot help in any ideological struggle against extremism in Pakistan and vice versa, those are our respective problems to be solved by ourselves.