Re: Raytheon offers ‘radiation gun’ to India to quell protests in Kashmir
med911,
do you know how big the valley is? it's a tiny little piece of land between azad kashmir and jammu region, jammu and ladakh regions make up a significant amount of the whole of the indian side of j&k and even in the kashmir valley the views vary from person to person. when there's mass corruption how exactly would the vote be fair? the majority of j&k might be muslim but those muslims in jammu and ladakh don't favor breaking up j&k, have varying viewpoints and also don't favor separating away.
do you understand that the jammu regions and ladakh regions have close to no ethnic kashmiris(specifically only the muslim kashmiris) except for maybe the doda district of the jammu region. the rest of the ethnic groups, dogras, paharis, gujjars, punjabis, ladakhis and all the rest of the ethnic groups of the whole of j&k make up the jammu and ladakh regions. again kashmiri muslims are only concentrated in the valley
these debates back and forth will go on for years, the only people that will suffer are the people of j&k especially when pakistanis keep supporting the separatists which are corrupt as ever too. if the monetary support could be stopped, then maybe the armed forces could leave the cities of the valley and other parts of j&k even more and stay only at the borders where they should be rather than near civilians
Im not talking about the geographical size of the Valley. The issue concerns the rights of the majority of Kashmiris. And the majority it seems want nothing to do with India. I dont care about their ethnic make up, that's irrelevant. They are Kashmiri by the fact that they live in Kashmir. If the solution ultimately means the separation of the valley as a separate entity, then so be it. Why should the Muslims of the Valley be held hostage to the whims of the minority?
Bottom line is, that you need to ascertain the wishes of these people as was promised to them at the time of partition. The excuse that the issue is to complicated is just that, an excuse. Can you name me one issue in the world that isnt complicated?
Corruption is also rife in India itself, yet elections tend to be generally free and fair. If anything were to impede a referendum in Indian occupied Kashmir, it would be the Indians themselves, who have, through out their occupation, undermined practically all elections.
Pakistan should support ALL who are struggling for Kashmiri freedom, because they are in the right. A country that imposes itself on others, and deprives others of their God given rights has no moral authority to dictate to anyone else who should or shouldn't be supported. Its Ironic that Indians, who themselves had to win their own independence, are now the occupier demanding others relinquish their right to Independence.
You seem to be another person trying to argue for a continuation of the status quo. The Status quo that you are defending has led to the anguish and destruction of countless lives. The people of the Valley, who suffer at the hands of Indian Soldiers, do not accept the status quo, and neither should anyone else...
Im sorry if I find your argument hollow. The arguments will go back and forth, and the Kashmiris will be the ones who suffer. But their suffering is at the hands of Indias occupation army, not Pakistan or the separatists. The Separatists are only the natural product of Indias refusal to acknowledge the rights of the Kashmiri people. Forget about separatists. Why not admit that Indias Army is NOT wanted, that's obvious. The misery will end in Kashmir when India admits Kashmir does not belong to India, and acknowledges these peoples rights. Now if you have an actual solution which doesnt involve forcing people who dont want to be Indian, to remain with India, then im all ears.
Its been proven multiple times that the most killings/rape in Kashmir have been carried out by Kashmiris themselves and by Pak supported foreign mercenaries. Additionally, as proven by the Shopian “rape” case often times the vested interests claim “rape” to discredit India, and then the forensics prove that the “victim” was a virgin thereby ruling out rape. You need to look beyond the your usual rape/murder/oppression/genocide propaganda that you are fed and use common sense for a change.