Raytheon offers ‘radiation gun’ to India to quell protests in Kashmir

[Med911]

Re: Raytheon offers ‘radiation gun’ to India to quell protests in Kashmir

@Nisha25

but why is it that noone seems to understand how complicated this issue is, kashmiri muslims don’t speak for all of j&k and yet you have all of the j&k population thinking in the same way, just b/c somebody is a muslim in j&k it doesn’t mean they want independence or this “freedom”

I’ve spoken to kashmiri muslims and most of the educated ones have varying views

when i was talking with a Kashmiri Muslim in a J&K community forum he said they want freedom from all the armed officers with guns not really from India. he’s an educated KM studying medicine

these are his exact words believe them or not:
"leme tel u i dnt bliev on these leaders whateva they do…i blieve n most of educated kashmiris also if indian army is posted on borders n not in cities n towns…if afspa is revoked…n if v peopl r treatd as indians no bdy will protest…rest the role of hurriat will be restrictd to few extremists in valley…an i believe tjey are there in every country as BJP in india

an one mre thng about the slogen azaadi ka matlab kya la illahaillah…u all say bjp are morons still a gud chunk of ppl support them…n they say hindustan mai rehna hai RAM RAM padna hai

is this the slogan of secular india the largest secular nation…"

when you add in to the mix all the mega corruption in the valley and the rest of j&k, the situation isn’t simple at all

I understand this is a complicated issue, but the situation as it is is untenable.
Regardless of what the Kashmiris want, the current setup is clearly not it.
Ultimately, there is one way to settle all this.
Lets hold a referendum the way it was supposed to have been done 50 years back. Let the Kashmiris decide where they want to go. The technical aspects off such a referendum can be worked out, but the basic point here is to ascertain what the majority of Kashmiris want.

Instead of claiming to know what they want, lets actually find out in real terms.

Currently, the Indian govt does a grave disservice to these people by claiming the entire territory as Indian. Lets start by acknowledging that Kashmir does not belong to India, and then naturally progress to the real issue. What do the Kashmiri people really want and how do we help them get their.

If the majority of Kashmirs, when they shout “Freedom” dont mean independance, then this distinction will be abundantly clear when the choose to accept unity with India. and vice versa.